Evaluation of two cloud parametrization schemes using ARM and Cloud-Net observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 665, 2012, Pages 964-979

  Morcrette, Cyril J ^a   O'Connor, Ewan J ^b,c   Petch, Jon C ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model development; PC2; Seamless forecasting; Unified Model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD PREDICTIONS; COMPENSATING ERRORS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GROUND BASED; ICE CLOUDS; LIQUID CLOUD; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PC2; PROGNOSTIC SCHEME; TIME-SCALES; UNIFIED MODEL;

REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERRORS;

CLOUD; FORECASTING METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84862228881     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.969     Document Type: Article

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