Intermodel variances of subtropical stratocumulus environments simulated in CMIP5 models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7754-7761

  Noda, A T ^a   Satoh, M ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

annual cycle; cloud environment; CMIP5 model ensemble; lower tropospheric stability; stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; STABILITY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; INTERMODEL VARIABILITY; MODEL ENSEMBLES; STRATOCUMULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SIMULATION; STRATOCUMULUS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84912074677     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061812     Document Type: Article

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