Theory on the uncertainty in cloud microphysical processes and climateThe interactive role of clouds and precipitation processes in a climate model is investigated. The basic model structure and parameterizations for condensation, evaporation, and precipitation are outlined. Results simulated from the cloud-climate model are discussed. The potential link between microphysical cloud processes and climate is theorized. The need to develop a climatology of the mean particle radius for clouds at the global scale, in order to understand the role of clouds in climate is stressed.
Document ID
19890010273
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Liou, Kuo-Nan (Utah Univ. Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
Ou, Szu-Cheng S. (Utah Univ. Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Annals from the German Meteorological Society, No. 25: 10th International Cloud Physics Conference Preprints, Volume 1