The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 359-384

  Webb, Mark J ^a   Andrews, Timothy ^a   Bodas Salcedo, Alejandro ^a   Bony, Sandrine ^b   Bretherton, Christopher S ^c   Chadwick, Robin ^a   Chepfer, Hélène ^b   Douville, Hervé ^d   Good, Peter ^a   Kay, Jennifer E ^e   Klein, Stephen A ^f   Marchand, Roger ^c   Medeiros, Brian ^g   Pier Siebesma, A ^h   Skinner, Christopher B ⁱ   Stevens, Bjorn ^j   Tselioudis, George ^k   Tsushima, Yoko ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^l  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^k NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; CMIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 85010764262     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-10-359-2017     Document Type: Article

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