Reproducibility by climate models of cloud radiative forcing associated with tropical convection

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1247-1262

  Ichikawa, Hiroki ^a   Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a   Tsushima, Yoko ^b   Kanzawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate models; Cloud forcing; Clouds; Convection; Model comparison; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FORCING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DEEP CONVECTION; ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; IN-PHASE; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LONG WAVES; MODEL COMPARISON; OCEANIC REGIONS; REANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUPPRESSION MECHANISM; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL OCEAN; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; STRATOCUMULUS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84857027494     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00114.1     Document Type: Article

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