The importance of representing mixed-phase clouds for simulating distinctive atmospheric states in the Arctic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 265-272

  Engström, Anders ^a,b   Karlsson, Johannes ^a   Svensson, Gunilla ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Linköping University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic, Longwave radiation, Climate models, Clouds, Parameterization

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; LIQUIDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT BUDGET; ICE THICKNESS; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84892467999     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00271.1     Document Type: Article

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