Radiation budget biases in AMIP5 models over the east asian monsoon region

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13,400-13,426

  Wang, Fang ^a,b,c   Yang, Song ^d   Wu, Tongwen ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATION BUDGET; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84919872794     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022243     Document Type: Article

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