Evaluating low-cloud simulation from an upgraded multiscale modeling framework model. Part III: Tropical and subtropical cloud transitions over the Northern Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5761-5781

  Cheng, Anning ^a   Xu Dr , Kuan Man ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEA ICE DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SHORTWAVE RADIATIVE FLUX; TRANSITION LOCATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA ICE; TROPICS; WATER WELLS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOCUMULUS;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881628575     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00650.1     Document Type: Article

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