Evaluation of aerosol-cloud interaction in the GISS ModelE using ARM observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6383-6395

  De Boer, G ^a,b,c   Bauer, S E ^d,e   Toto, T ^f   Menon, Surabi ^c,g   Vogelmann, A M ^f  

^a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g ClimateWorks Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol cloud interactions; climate model; model evaluation; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; NASA; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; EVALUATING MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL EVALUATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84880907890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50460     Document Type: Article

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