A statistically-based low-level cloud scheme and its tentative application in a general circulation model

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-274

  Dai, Fushan ^a,b   Yu, Rucong ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a   Yu, Yongqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud; Cloud parameterization; General circulation model (GCM); Low level cloud; Statistical cloud scheme

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLOUD COVER; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 29144519821     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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