Cloud simulations in response to turbulence parameterizations in the GISS model E GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4963-4974

  Yao, Mao Sung ^a,c   Cheng, Ye ^b  

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

^b Center for Climate Systems Research   (United States)

^c Trinnovim LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SIMULATION; DRY CONVECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LENGTH SCALE; LOCAL TURBULENCE; LOW CLOUD COVER; NON-LOCAL TURBULENCE; NONLOCAL TRANSPORT; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TURBULENCE PARAMETERIZATION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VAPORS;

PARAMETERIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TURBULENCE; WATER VAPOR;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84865109405     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00399.1     Document Type: Article

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