A multi-diagnostic approach to cloud evaluation

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2547-2566

  Williams, Keith D ^a   Bodas Salcedo, Alejandro ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CMIP; CYCLONE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INSTRUMENTATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOCUMULUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85017510994     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-10-2547-2017     Document Type: Article

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