The formulation and atmospheric simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model version 3 (CAM3)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2144-2161

  Collins, William D ^a   Rasch, Philip J ^a   Boville, Byron A ^a   Hack, James J ^a   McCaa, James R ^a   Williamson, David L ^a   Briegleb, Bruce P ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^b   Lin, Shian Jiann ^c   Zhang, Minghua ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATION; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; EULERIAN DYNAMICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33744472524     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3760.1     Document Type: Article

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