Evaluation of radiation scheme performance within chemistry climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue D10, 2011, Pages

  Forster, Piers M ^a   Fomichev, Victor I ^b   Rozanov, Eugene ^c,d   Cagnazzo, Chiara ^e   Jonsson, Andreas I ^f   Langematz, Ulrike ^g   Fomin, Boris ^h   Iacono, Michael J ⁱ   Mayer, Bernhard ^j   Mlawer, Eli ⁱ   Myhre, Gunnar ^k   Portmann, Robert W ^l   Akiyoshi, Hideharu ^m   Falaleeva, Victoria ⁿ   Gillett, Nathan ^o   Karpechko, Alexey ^p   Li, Jiangnan ^o   Lemennais, Perrine ^q   Morgenstern, Olaf ^r   Oberländer, Sophie ^g   Sigmond, Michael ^f   Shibata, Kiyotaka ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^l EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

ⁿ OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^o UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^p FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^q CNRS   (France)

^r NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^s METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 79961236229     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015361     Document Type: Article

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