A comparison of MERRA and NARR Reanalyses with the DOE ARM SGP data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4541-4557

  Kennedy, Aaron D ^a   Dong, Xiquan ^a   Xi, Baike ^a   Xie, Shaocheng ^b   Zhang, Yunyan ^b   Chen, Junye ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Fluxes; Forcings; Precipitation; Radiative fluxes

Indexed keywords

ALL-SKY; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; BEST ESTIMATES; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD MODELING; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; DATA SETS; DOWN-WELLING; FORCINGS; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; LONG WAVES; MOISTURE BUDGET; NEGATIVE BIAS; NORTH AMERICAN; POSITIVE BIAS; RADIATION INFORMATION; RADIATIVE FLUXES; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT WAVES; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PRESSURE; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; DATA PROCESSING; FLUXES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; DOWNWELLING; GOES; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPWELLING;

EID: 80053164427     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3978.1     Document Type: Article

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