An evaluation of the long-wave radiative transfer code used in the Met Office Unified Model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 640, 2009, Pages 619-633

  Goldblatt, C ^a,b   Lenton, T M ^a   Watson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate model; GCM; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Radiative forcing; WMGHG

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; GCM; NITROUS OXIDE; RADIATIVE FORCING; WMGHG;

ANESTHETICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ERRORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 69549117214     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.403     Document Type: Article

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