Atmospheric radiative transfer through global arrays of 2D clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Cole, Jason N S ^a   Barker, H W ^a   O'Hirok, W ^b   Clothiaux, E E ^c   Khairoutdinov, M F ^d   Randall, D A ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATE MODELS;

CLOUD SYSTEM-RESOLVING MODEL (CSRM); GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD COVER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; CLOUD SYSTEM-RESOLVING MODELS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; HORIZONTAL VARIABILITY; INDEPENDENT COLUMNS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

EID: 28144438375     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023329     Document Type: Article

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