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RISParameterization of Generalized Cloud Overlap for Radiative Calculations in General Circulation Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: New radiative parameterizations have been developed for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Atmospheric Model (CAM). The CAM is the next version of the NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM). This ...
Effects of Enhanced Shortwave Absorption on Coupled Simulations of the Tropical Climate System
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The effects of enhanced shortwave absorption on coupled simulations of the tropical climate have been tested using the National Center for Atmospheric Research Climate System Model. The enhancement in cloudy-sky shortwave ...
First-Order Structure Function Analysis of Statistical Scale Invariance in the AIRS-Observed Water Vapor Field
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he power-law scale dependence, or scaling, of first-order structure functions of the tropospheric water vapor field between 58°S and 58°N is investigated using observations from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). ...
Effects of Black Carbon Aerosols on the Indian Monsoon
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A six-member ensemble of twentieth-century simulations with changes to only time-evolving global distributions of black carbon aerosols in a global coupled climate model is analyzed to study the effects of black carbon ...
On the Usage of Spectral and Broadband Satellite Instrument Measurements to Differentiate Climate Models with Different Cloud Feedback Strengths
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: op-of-atmosphere radiometric signals associated with different high- and low-cloud?radiative feedbacks have been examined through the use of an observing system simulation experiment (OSSE). The OSSE simulates variations ...
Local and Remote Climate Impacts from Expansion of Woody Biomass for Bioenergy Feedstock in the Southeastern United States
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: any efforts have been taken to find energy alternatives to reduce anthropogenic influences on climate. Recent studies have shown that using land for bioenergy plantations may be more cost effective and provide a greater ...
Indian Ocean Low Clouds during the Winter Monsoon
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: While low-level clouds over the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans have been investigated extensively, low clouds over the Indian Ocean are not as well characterized. This study examines the occurrence of nonoverlapped low clouds ...
Investigation of Regional and Seasonal Variations in Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Properties from MODIS Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: To aid in understanding the role that marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds play in climate and assist in improving their representations in general circulation models (GCMs), their long-term microphysical and macroscale ...
Relating Satellite-Observed Cloud Properties from MODIS to Meteorological Conditions for Marine Boundary Layer Clouds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study examines 6 yr of cloud properties observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the NASA Terra satellite in five prominent marine boundary layer (MBL) cloud regions (California, ...
The Climate Sensitivity of the Community Climate System Model Version 3 (CCSM3)
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The climate sensitivity of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) is described in terms of the equilibrium change in surface temperature due to a doubling of carbon dioxide in a slab ocean version of the Community ...