Multiyear evaluations of a cloud model using ARM data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2925-2936

  Henderson, Peter W ^a   Pincus, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; CLOUD MODELS; CLOUD SYSTEM-RESOLVING MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; ERGODICITY; MODEL CONFIGURATION; MODEL SKILL; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PROBABILISTIC MEASURES; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; TEMPORAL AVERAGING; THERMODYNAMIC STATE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; OPTICAL RADAR; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

CLOUD; LIDAR; MODELING; RADAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 70349583383     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2957.1     Document Type: Article

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