[Treatment of cloud radiative effects in general circulation models]

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10103241· OSTI ID:10103241

Wang, W C

This is a renewal proposal for an on-going project of the Department of Energy (DOE)/Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program. The objective of the ARM Program is to improve the treatment of radiation-cloud in GCMs so that reliable predictions of the timing and magnitude of greenhouse gas-induced global warming and regional responses can be made. The ARM Program supports two research areas: (I) The modeling and analysis of data related to the parameterization of clouds and radiation in general circulation models (GCMs); and (II) the development of advanced instrumentation for both mapping the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere and high accuracy/precision radiometric observations. The present project conducts research in area (I) and focuses on GCM treatment of cloud life cycle, optical properties, and vertical overlapping. The project has two tasks: (1) Development and Refinement of GCM Radiation-Cloud Treatment Using ARM Data; and (2) Validation of GCM Radiation-Cloud Treatment.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-90ER61073
• OSTI ID: 10103241
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/61073-3; ON: DE94001864; BR: KP0500000; TRN: 94:003439
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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