Constraints on the profiles of total water PDF in AGCMs from AIRS and a high-resolution mode

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8341-8352

  Molod, Andrea ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Cloud parameterizations; General circulation models; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD FRACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL MODELS; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GRID RESOLUTION; GRID-SPACINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HORIZONTAL GRID; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; SECOND MOMENTS; SUBGRID SCALE; UNDERLYING SURFACE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

CLIMATE MODELS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AIRS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EOS; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 84871764024     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00412.1     Document Type: Article

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