Comparison of the tropical radiative flux and cloud radiative effect profiles in a climate model with Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Su, Wenying ^a,b   Bodas Salcedo, Alejandro ^c   Xu, Kuan Man ^b   Charlock, Thomas P ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); MODELS;

CLIMATE MODEL; CLOUD EFFECTS; CLOUD HEIGHTS; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC REGIMES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE LEVELS; PHYSICAL ASSUMPTIONS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION BUDGETS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; VERTICAL DIFFERENCE;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; THERMOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 76249107388     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012490     Document Type: Article

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