Attributing the behavior of low-level clouds in large-scale models to subgrid-scale parameterizations

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2029-2043

  Neggers, R A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attribution; boundary layer; climate models; low level clouds; parameterization; Single Column Model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATTRIBUTION; CLOUD-TOP ENTRAINMENT INSTABILITIES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84959545996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000503     Document Type: Article

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