Quantifying sources of inter-model diversity in the cloud albedo effect

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1568-1575

  Wilcox, L J ^a   Highwood, E J ^b   Booth, B B B ^c   Carslaw, K S ^d  

^a National Centre for Atmospheric Science Department of Meteorology University of Reading ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aerosol; cloud albedo; indirect effect; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; CLOUD ALBEDO; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; HISTORICAL CHANGES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MODEL DIFFERENCES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; UNCERTAINTY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; GLOBAL CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925835176     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063301     Document Type: Article

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