Characterizing the radiative impacts of precipitating snow in the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System global model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9626-9637

  Li, J L F ^a   Forbes, R M ^b   Waliser, D E ^a   Stephens, G ^a   Lee, Seungwon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cloud radiation; ECMWF IFS; forecast GCM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937517861     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021450     Document Type: Article

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