Response of upper clouds in global warming experiments obtained using a global nonhydrostatic model with explicit cloud processes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2178-2191

  Satoh, Masaki ^a,b   Iga, Shin Ichi ^c   Tomita, Hirofumi ^b,c   Tsushima, Yoko ^d   Noda, Akira T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science ^*  (Japan)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Cloud cover; Cloud microphysics; Clouds; Ice particles; Mass fluxes transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD PROCESS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONVECTIVE MASS FLUX; ICE PARTICLES; ICE WATER PATHS; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; PRIMARY FACTORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); VERTICAL PROFILE;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; EXPERIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS TRANSFER; PHYSICS; SUBSIDENCE; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84858606867     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00152.1     Document Type: Article

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