Parametrization of area cloud fraction

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-289

  Boutle, I A ^a   Morcrette, C J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PC2; Prognostic cloud; Stratocumulus; Unified model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 79952793170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.293     Document Type: Article

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