Evaluation of clouds and precipitation in the ECHAM5 general circulation model using CALIPSO and CloudSat satellite data

Observations from Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and CloudSat satellites are used to evaluate clouds and precipitation in the ECHAM5 general circulation model. Active lidar and radar instruments on board CALIPSO and CloudSat allow the vertical distributi...

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Main Authors: Nam, Christine C.W., Quaas, Johannes
Other Authors: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2015
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-177621
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-177621
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/17762/namquaas_jclim_2012.pdf