Intercomparison of the cloud water phase among global climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3372-3400

  Komurcu, Muge ^a   Storelvmo, Trude ^a   Tan, Ivy ^a   Lohmann, Ulrike ^b   Yun, Yuxing ^c,d   Penner, Joyce E ^c   Wang, Yong ^e,f   Liu, Xiaohong ^e,f   Takemura, Toshihiko ^g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEATION;

CLOUD PHASE; CLOUD WATER; ICE NUCLEATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD;

ICE;

CALIPSO; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD WATER; ENERGY BUDGET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; NUCLEATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84898805462     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021119     Document Type: Article

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