A comparison of TWP-ICE observational data with cloud-resolving model results

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Fridlind, A M ^a   Ackerman, A S ^a   Chaboureau, J P ^b   Fan, J ^c   Grabowski, W W ^d   Hill, A A ^e   Jones, T R ^f   Khaiyer, M M ^g   Liu, G ^h   Minnis, P ⁱ   Morrison, H ^d   Nguyen, L ⁱ   Park, S ^j,k   Petch, J C ^e   Pinty, J P ^b   Schumacher, C ^l   Shipway, B J ^e   Varble, A C ^m   Wu, X ^h   Xie, S ⁿ   Zhang, M ^o   more..

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^g SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^h FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^l TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁿ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; PHYSICS;

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AREA FRACTION; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL SIMULATIONS; DISTRIBUTION CONTROL; DROPLET NUMBER; FRACTIONAL AREA; ICE WATER PATHS; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MICROPHYSICS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; RADIATION TREATMENTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; WIDE SPREADS;

ICE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84863337759     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016595     Document Type: Article

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