ARM climate modeling best estimate data: A new data product for climate studies

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-20

  Shaocheng, Xie ^a   McCoy, Renata B ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a   Cederwall, Richard T ^a   Wiscombe, Warren J ^f   Clothiaux, Eugene E ^c   Gaustad, Krista L ^d   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^e   Hall, Stefanie D ^b   Jensen, Michael P ^f   Johnson, Karen L ^f   Lin, Yanluan ^e   Long, Charles N ^d   Mather, James H ^d   McCord, Raymond A ^b   McFarlane, Sally A ^d   Palanisamy, Giri ^b   Shi, Yan ^d   Turner, David D ^g  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; BEST ESTIMATES; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CLIMATE STUDIES; CLIMATIC REGIMES; CONTINUOUS FIELDS; DATA PRODUCTS; DATA SETS; MOBILE FACILITY; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL VALIDATION; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 77249114707     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2891.1     Document Type: Article

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