Cloud feedback mechanisms and their representation in global climate models

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Ceppi, Paulo ^a   Brient, Florent ^b   Zelinka, Mark D ^c   Hartmann, Dennis L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; FIXED TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; RADIATIVE COOLING; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 85019160391     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.465     Document Type: Review

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