The performance of a global and mesoscale model over the central Arctic Ocean during late summer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Birch, C E ^a   Brooks, I M ^a   Tjernstrom M ^e   Milton, S F ^b   Earnshaw, P ^b   Soderberg S ^d   Persson, P Ola G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d WeatherTech Scandinavia   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ICE; LIQUIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ARCTIC CLOUDS; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLOUD FORCING; COUPLED OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; DOWN-WELLING; ICE CLOUDS; ICE FLOES; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL EVALUATION; OBSERVATION PERIOD; POSITIVE BIAS; RADIATIVE HEAT; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THREE MODELS; TURBULENT FLUX; UNIFIED MODEL; WIND FIELD;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 70349316889     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010790     Document Type: Article

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