Uncertainties in future climate predictions due to convection parameterisations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5561-5576

  Rybka, H ^a   Tost, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; RAINFALL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84901930022     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5561-2014     Document Type: Article

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