Investigation of the sensitivity of the ECMWF radiation scheme to input parameters using the adjoint technique

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 609, 2005, Pages 1975-1995

  Janisková, Marta ^a   Morcrette, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud properties; Linearized schemes; Short and long wave radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLOUD PROPERTIES; LINEARIZED SCHEMES; SHORT AND LONG WAVE RADIATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 27644525159     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.183     Document Type: Article

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