Evaluation of tropical cloud regimes in observations and a general circulation model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 355-369

  Chen, Yonghua ^a   Del Genio, Anthony D ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ARSCL; Cluster analysis; GISS Model E; ISCCPD1; MJO; Tropical cloud regimes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLOUD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIDAR; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 58149090135     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0386-6     Document Type: Article

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