Impact of modifying the longwave water vapor continuum absorption model on community Earth system model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Turner, D D ^a   Merrelli, A ^b   Vimont, D ^b   Mlawer, E J ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONTINUUM ABSORPTION MODELS; CONTINUUM MODEL; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; FAR-INFRARED; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LONG WAVES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE HEATING; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; RADIATIVE PROCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL APPROACH; SPECTRAL REGION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ABSORPTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; HEATING; HUMIDITY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84857710455     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016440     Document Type: Article

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