Mixed-phase clouds cause climate model biases in Arctic wintertime temperature inversions

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 289-303

  Pithan, Felix ^a,b   Medeiros, Brian ^c   Mauritsen, Thorsten ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boundary layer; Temperature inversion; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HEAT FLUX; RADIATIVE FORCING; TURBULENCE; WINTER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84903394459     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1964-9     Document Type: Article

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