Modeling Water Vapor and Clouds as Passive Tracers in an Idealized GCM

Ming, Yi; Held, Isaac M.

doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0812.1

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Modeling Water Vapor and Clouds as Passive Tracers in an Idealized GCM

2018
By Ming, Yi ; Held, Isaac M.

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Journal Title:

Journal of Climate
Personal Author:

Ming, Yi ; Held, Isaac M.
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)
Description:

This paper introduces an idealized general circulation model (GCM) in which water vapor and clouds are tracked as tracers, but are not allowed to affect circulation through either latent heat release or cloud radiative effects.
Keywords:

Cloud cover; Cloud microphysics; Cloud radiative effects; Water vapor
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Journal of Climate, 31(2)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0812.1
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Journal Article
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