Quantification of the source of errors in AM2 simulated tropical clear-sky outgoing longwave radiation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Huang, Xianglei ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a   Schwarzkopf, M Daniel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33846076706     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006576     Document Type: Article

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