CCSM-CAM3 climate simulation sensitivity to changes in horizontal resolution

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2267-2289

  Hack, James J ^a   Caron, Julie M ^a   Danabasoglu, G ^a   Oleson, Keith W ^a   Bitz, Cecilia ^b   Truesdale, John E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE SIMULATION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745088918     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3764.1     Document Type: Article

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