Constraining the influence of natural variability to improve estimates of global aerosol indirect effects in a nudged version of the Community Atmosphere Model 5

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Kooperman, Gabriel J ^a   Pritchard, Michael S ^b   Ghan, Steven J ^c   Wang, Minghuai ^c   Somerville, Richard C J ^a   Russell, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AEROSOL EMISSIONS; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EARTH'S SURFACE; FEEDBACK RESPONSE; GLOBAL AEROSOL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INDIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; MEAN VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NATURAL MODES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NEWTONIANS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TIME-SCALES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84870917592     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018588     Document Type: Article

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