Radiative effects of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and vertical overlap identified from a monthlong cloud-resolving model simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4105-4112

  Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Liang, Xin Zhong ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CLOUD-RADIATION INTERACTIONS; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INHOMOGENEITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIMULATION;

EID: 28844460703     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3565.1     Document Type: Article

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