Development of two-moment cloud microphysics for liquid and ice within the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS-5)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1733-1766

  Barahona, D ^a   Molod, A ^a,b   Bacmeister, J ^c   Nenes, A ^d   Gettelman, A ^c   Morrison, H ^c   Phillips, V ^e   Eichmann, A ^a,f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EOS; ICE CRYSTAL; MIXING RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATIFORM CLOUD; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 84922789351     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1733-2014     Document Type: Article

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