Ocean surface albedo and its impact on radiation balance in climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 6314-6333

  Li, Jiangnan ^a   Scinocca, J ^a   Lazare, M ^a   McFarlane, N ^a   von Salzen, K ^a   Solheim, L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CANADIAN CENTRE FOR CLIMATE MODELLING AND ANALYSIS (CCCMA); EARTH RADIATION BUDGET EXPERIMENT; EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEM; OCEAN SURFACE ALBEDO; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33846134697     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3973.1     Document Type: Article

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