CLARREO shortwave observing system simulation experiments of the twenty-first century: Simulator design and implementation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Feldman, Daniel R ^a   Algieri, Chris A ^b   Ong, Jonathan R ^a   Collins, William D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION; SEA ICE; SNOW; SUN; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; BROADBAND FLUXES; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; EARTH SYSTEMS; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; FORCINGS; FUTURE CLIMATE; ICE CLOUDS; ICE FRACTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MODTRAN; NARROW BANDS; OBSERVING SYSTEM SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; POLEWARD SHIFT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SEASONAL CYCLE; SIMULATOR DESIGN; SNOW COVERS; STORM TRACK; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATORY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; STORM TRACK; SUBSIDENCE; SULFATE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 79958060443     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015350     Document Type: Article

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