A multilayer upper-boundary condition for longwave radiative flux to correct temperature biases in a mesoscale model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1952-1959

  Cavallo, Steven M ^a   Dudhia, Jimy ^a   Snyder, Chris ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Boundary conditionsm; Longwave radiation; Mesoscale models; Radiative fluxes; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIAS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONSM; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MESOSCALE MODEL; RADIATIVE FLUXES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; MULTILAYERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAIN; WATER VAPOR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR CORRECTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79959589186     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3513.1     Document Type: Article

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