Origins of the solar radiation biases over the Southern Ocean in CFMIP2 models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-56

  Bodas Salcedo, A ^a   Williams, K D ^a   Ringer, M A ^a   Beau, I ^b   Cole, J N S ^c   Dufresne, J L ^d   Koshiro, T ^e   Stevens, B ^f   Wang, Z ^g   Yokohata, T ^h  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate models; Clouds; Extratropical cyclones; Shortwave radiation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FEEDBACKS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION BUDGETS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; SUN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CALIPSO; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; RADIATION BUDGET; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84892601126     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00169.1     Document Type: Article

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