Tests of Monte Carlo Independent Column Approximation in the ECHAM5 atmospheric GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4995-5011

  Räisänen, Petri ^a   Jarvenoja S ^a   Jarvinen H ^a   Giorgetta, M ^b   Roeckner, E ^b   Jylha K ^a   Ruosteenoja, K ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO INDEPENDENT COLUMN APPROXIMATION; RADIATIVE FLUX;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 35448966212     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4290.1     Document Type: Article

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