Cloud radiative forcing in Asian monsoon region simulated by IPCC AR4 AMIP models

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 923-939

  Li, Jiandong ^a,b   Liu, Yimin ^a   Wu, Guoxiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Active convective region; AMIP models; Asian monsoon region; Cloud radiative forcing (CRF); Tibet Plateau (TP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849121834     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-8111-x     Document Type: Article

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