The CGILS experimental design to investigate low cloud feedbacks in general circulation models by using single-column and large-eddy simulation models

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Minghua ^a   Bretherton, Christopher S ^b   Blossey, Peter N ^b   Bony, Sandrine ^c   Brient, Florent ^c   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS;

CLOUD FEEDBACKS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERCOMPARISONS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; REANALYSIS; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD COVER; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84871665708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012MS000182     Document Type: Review

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