Parameterization of shortwave and longwave radiative properties of ice clouds for use in climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 6287-6312

  Hong, Gang ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^b   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^c   Xu, Kuan Man ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD PRODUCTS; DISCRETE ORDINATES; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HEXAGONAL PLATES; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HOLLOW COLUMNS; ICE CLOUDS; ICE PARTICLES; LINE MODELS; LONG WAVES; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MODERATE RESOLUTION; NON-SPHERICAL; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PROJECTED AREA; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SHORT WAVES; SINGLE SCATTERING; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATE MODELS; ICE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

CLOUDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ICE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 77649280122     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2844.1     Document Type: Article

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