An improved parameterization for simulating Arctic cloud amount in the CCSM3 climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5673-5687

  Vavrus, Steve ^a   Waliser, Duane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL STRUCTURES; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

ARCTIC CLOUDS; ARCTIC OCEANS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; CLOUD AMOUNTS; CLOUD FRACTIONS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COLD REGIONS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODELS; DRY CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; HIGH LATITUDES; POLAR WINTERS; SOUTH POLAR REGIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLOUDS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 53649086637     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2299.1     Document Type: Article

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