Evaluation and intercomparison of cloud fraction and radiative fluxes in recent reanalyses over the arctic using BSRN surface observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2291-2305

  Zib, Behnjamin J ^a   Dong, Xiquan ^a   Xi, Baike ^a   Kennedy, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cloud cover; Model evaluation performance; Radiative fluxes

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LOADING; ANNUAL MEAN; ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD PROPERTIES; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; DOWN-WELLING; HIGH QUALITY; INTERCOMPARISONS; LONG WAVES; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RADIATION FLUXES; RADIATIVE FLUXES; REANALYSIS; REANALYSIS PROJECT; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT WAVES; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE RADIATION; SURFACE RADIATIVE FLUX; SURFACE STATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

NASA;

ERRORS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; DOWNWELLING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84859339102     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00147.1     Document Type: Article

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