Improving subtropical boundary layer cloudiness in the 2011 NCEP GFS

The current operational version of National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Forecasting System (GFS) shows significant low cloud bias. These biases also appear in the Coupled Forecast System (CFS), which is developed from the GFS. These low cloud biases degrade seasonal and longer...

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Main Authors: J. K. Fletcher, C. S. Bretherton, H. Xiao, R. Sun, J. Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-09-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/7/2107/2014/gmd-7-2107-2014.pdf