Radiative impacts of cloud heterogeneity and overlap in an atmospheric General Circulation Model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 9097-9111

  Oreopoulos, L ^a   Lee, D ^a,b,c   Sud, Y C ^a   Suarez, M J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONDENSATE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 84869040187     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9097-2012     Document Type: Article

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