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Title: Understanding Cloud and Convective Characteristics in Version 1 of the E3SM Atmosphere Model

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [7]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA USA
  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY USA
  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA USA
  4. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO USA
  5. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI USA
  6. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN USA
  7. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA USA, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju South Korea
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1480167
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1480168; OSTI ID: 1482218; OSTI ID: 1483756; OSTI ID: 1503973; OSTI ID: 1542717
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-135860; BNL-209505-2018-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-749574
Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; SC0016287; AC06-76RL01830; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-76RL01830; NRF_2017R1A2b4007480; SC0012704
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems; Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; cloud and convection; global climate model; model resolution; model tuning; E3SM; EAMv1; Environmental sciences

Citation Formats

Xie, Shaocheng, Lin, Wuyin, Rasch, Philip J., Ma, Po-Lun, Neale, Richard, Larson, Vincent E., Qian, Yun, Bogenschutz, Peter A., Caldwell, Peter, Cameron-Smith, Philip, Golaz, Jean-Christophe, Mahajan, Salil, Singh, Balwinder, Tang, Qi, Wang, Hailong, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Zhang, Kai, and Zhang, Yuying. Understanding Cloud and Convective Characteristics in Version 1 of the E3SM Atmosphere Model. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1029/2018MS001350.
Xie, Shaocheng, Lin, Wuyin, Rasch, Philip J., Ma, Po-Lun, Neale, Richard, Larson, Vincent E., Qian, Yun, Bogenschutz, Peter A., Caldwell, Peter, Cameron-Smith, Philip, Golaz, Jean-Christophe, Mahajan, Salil, Singh, Balwinder, Tang, Qi, Wang, Hailong, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Zhang, Kai, & Zhang, Yuying. Understanding Cloud and Convective Characteristics in Version 1 of the E3SM Atmosphere Model. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001350
Xie, Shaocheng, Lin, Wuyin, Rasch, Philip J., Ma, Po-Lun, Neale, Richard, Larson, Vincent E., Qian, Yun, Bogenschutz, Peter A., Caldwell, Peter, Cameron-Smith, Philip, Golaz, Jean-Christophe, Mahajan, Salil, Singh, Balwinder, Tang, Qi, Wang, Hailong, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Zhang, Kai, and Zhang, Yuying. Wed . "Understanding Cloud and Convective Characteristics in Version 1 of the E3SM Atmosphere Model". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001350.
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title = {Understanding Cloud and Convective Characteristics in Version 1 of the E3SM Atmosphere Model},
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