Orographic cloud in a GCM: the missing cirrus

Observations from the International Satellite Cloud Climatalogy Project (ISCCP) are used to demonstrate that the 19-level HadAM3 version of the United Kingdom Met Office Unified Model does not simulate sufficient high cloud over land. By using low-altitude winds, from the European Centre for Medium...

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Main Authors: Dean, S, Lawrence, B, Grainger, R, Heuff, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005