Diagnosis and testing of low-level cloud parameterizations for the NCEP/GFS model using satellite and ground-based measurements

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1595-1613

  Yoo, Hyelim ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^a,b   Hou, Yu Tai ^c   Lord, Steve ^c   Weng, Fuzhong ^c   Barker, Howard W ^d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud overlap; Cloud parameterization scheme; Marine stratocumulus cloud; NCEP global forecast system

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOCUMULUS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84884699540     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1884-8     Document Type: Article

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