Evaluating and understanding top of the atmosphere cloud radiative effects in intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) fifth assessment report (ar5) coupled model intercomparison project phase 5 (cmip5) models using satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 683-699

  Wang, Hailan ^a   Su, Wenying ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; SUBSIDENCE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; COMPENSATING ERRORS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOCUMULUS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84884892785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018619     Document Type: Article

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