Integrating cloud processes in the Community Atmosphere Model, version 5

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6821-6856

  Park, Sungsu ^a   Bretherton, Christopher S ^b   Rasch, Philip J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PROCESS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE CRYSTAL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADIATION BUDGET; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 84907050064     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00087.1     Document Type: Article

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