Uncertainty in model climate sensitivity traced to representations of cumulus precipitation microphysics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 543-560

  Zhao, Ming ^a,b   Golaz, J C ^a   Held, I M ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a   Lin, S J ^a   Ming, Y ^a   Ginoux, P ^a   Wyman, B ^a   Donner, L J ^a   Paynter, D ^a   Guo, H ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Climate sensitivity; Cloud microphysics; Cloud parameterizations; Convective parameterization; Models and modeling; Physical meteorology and climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; FEEDBACK; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD PARAMETERIZATIONS; CONVECTION PARAMETERIZATION; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; INCREASING SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; PRECIPITATION MICROPHYSICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84957828230     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0191.1     Document Type: Article

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