Simulating clouds with global climate models: A comparison of CMIP5 results with CMIP3 and satellite data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3823-3845

  Lauer, Axel ^a   Hamilton, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84878987256     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00451.1     Document Type: Article

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