The Role of Clouds: An Introduction and Rapporteur Report

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 609-617

  Taylor, Patrick C ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud feedback; Cloud radiative forcing; Cloud uncertainties; Clouds; Model cloud evaluation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CRITICAL QUESTIONS; DIVERSE RANGE; ENERGY FLOW; HARTMANN;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ENERGY BUDGET; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RESEARCH WORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862668973     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-012-9182-2     Document Type: Article

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