Cloud tuning in a coupled climate model: Impact on 20th century warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2246-2251

  Golaz, J C ^a   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^a   Levy II, Hiram ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

20th century warming; climate modeling; clouds; indirect effects

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; CLOUD PROCESS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; INDIRECT EFFECTS; RADIATION BALANCE; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION;

CLOUDS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIATION BALANCE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84879987149     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50232     Document Type: Article

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