Evaluating clouds, aerosols, and their interactions in three global climate models using satellite simulators and observations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10,876-10,901

  Ban Weiss, George A ^a   Jin, Ling ^b   Bauer, Susanne E ^c   Bennartz, Ralf ^d,e   Liu, Xiaohong ^f,g   Zhang, Kai ^g   Ming, Yi ^h   Guo, Huan ^h   Jiang, Jonathan H ⁱ  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^g PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 85018214798     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021722     Document Type: Article

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