Developing large-scale forcing data for single-column and cloud-resolving models from the mixed phase arctic cloud experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Xie, Shaocheng ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^b   Yio, John J ^a   Cederwall, Richard T ^a   McCoy, Renata ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARRAY; CLOUD; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547984671     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006950     Document Type: Article

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