Performance of McRAS-AC in the GEOS-5 AGCM: Aerosol-cloud-microphysics, precipitation, cloud radiative effects, and circulation

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-79

  Sud, Y C ^a   Lee, D ^a,b,c   Oreopoulos, L ^a   Barahona, D ^a,d   Nenes, A ^e   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)

^d IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; EOS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SEA SALT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84872699847     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-57-2013     Document Type: Article

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