The impact of low clouds on surface shortwave radiation in the ECMWF model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3783-3794

  Ahlgrimm, Maike ^a   Forbes, Richard ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clouds; General circulation models; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD FRACTION; COMPENSATING ERRORS; CUMULUS CLOUD; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MODEL EVALUATION; OVERCAST LOW CLOUD; SHALLOW CLOUDS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SURFACE IRRADIANCE;

CLOUDS;

RADIOMETRY;

CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84871913014     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00316.1     Document Type: Article

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