Diagnosis of the marine low cloud simulation in the NCAR community earth system model (CESM) and the NCEP global forecast system (GFS)-modular ocean model v4 (MOM4) coupled model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 737-752

  Xiao, Heng ^a,f   Mechoso, C Roberto ^a   Sun, Ruiyu ^b   Han, Jongil ^b   Pan, Hua Lu ^b   Park, Sungsu ^c   Hannay, Cecile ^c   Bretherton, Chris ^d   Teixeira, Joao ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CESM; Climate modeling; GFS; Marine low clouds; Parameterization; Shallow cumulus; Stratocumulus; Stratocumulus to cumulus transition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84905112207     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2067-y     Document Type: Article

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