Evaluating regional cloud-permitting simulations of the WRF model for the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE), Darwin, 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Yi ^a,b   Long, C N ^a   Leung, L R ^a   Dudhia, J ^c   McFarlane, S A ^a   Mather, J H ^a   Ghan, S J ^a   Liu, X ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; FEEDBACK; HEATING; ICE; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CLOUD RADIATION; CLOUD-RESOLVING; COMMON FEATURES; DYNAMIC CORES; GROUND BASED; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MICROPHYSICS; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RADIATIVE HEATING; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; WARM POOLS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL;

EXPERIMENTS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SET; ICE MECHANICS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIANCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL REGION; WARM POOL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 72049125308     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012729     Document Type: Article

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