The vertical distribution of cloud feedback in coupled ocean-atmosphere models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Soden, Brian J ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS;

CLOUD FORCING; CLOUD SYSTEMS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; LONG WAVES; LOW CLOUD COVER; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FEEDBACK;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79959689422     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047632     Document Type: Article

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