Can CFMIP2 models reproduce the leading modes of cloud vertical structure in the CALIPSO-GOCCP observations?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00704-017-2051-7
Abstract: Using principal component (PC) analysis, three leading modes of cloud vertical structure (CVS) are revealed by the GCM-Oriented CALIPSO Cloud Product (GOCCP), i.e. tropical high, subtropical anticyclonic and extratropical cyclonic cloud modes (THCM, SACM and… read more here.
Keywords: cfmip2 models; leading modes; thcm sacm; vertical structure ... See more keywords