Evaluation of tropical cloud and precipitation statistics of Community Atmosphere Model version 3 using CloudSat and CALIPSO data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Y ^a   Klein, S A ^a   Boyle, J ^a   MacE, G G ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; CLUSTERING METHODS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DEEP CONVECTION; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; MODEL SIMULATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SIMULATOR PACKAGE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; SUBGRID SCALE; TROPICAL CLOUDS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WEATHER FORECASTS;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD; CLOUDSAT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LIDAR; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77954467380     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012006     Document Type: Article

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