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Cloud Cover Parameterization

Cloud Cover Parameterization is a physical parameterization method that determines the fractional coverage of clouds within a model grid cell by relating resolved-scale meteorological variables to empirical or theoretical representations of subgrid cloudiness.

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2017–2026

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330

Efficient Three-Dimensional Global Models for Climate Studies: Models I and II

James E. Hansen, Gary L. Russell, David Rind et al. · Monthly Weather Review · 1983 · 1.1K citations

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Condensation and Cloud Parameterization Studies with a Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction Model

Hilding Sundqvist, Erik Berge, Jón Egill Kristjánsson · Monthly Weather Review · 1989 · 856 citations

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An improved method for detecting clear sky and cloudy radiances from AVHRR data

Roger Saunders, K.T. Kriebel · International Journal of Remote Sensing · 1988 · 822 citations · Full text

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Breaking the Cloud Parameterization Deadlock

David A. Randall, Marat Khairoutdinov, Akio Arakawa et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2003 · 789 citations

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New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization part I: the single-moment scheme

R. L. Walko, William R. Cotton, Michael P. Meyers et al. · Atmospheric Research · 1995 · 621 citations

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Authors

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  1. JE
    Jón Egill Kristjánsson

    University of Oslo, Norway

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. UL
    Ulrike Lohmann

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    6 publications · 523 citations

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  3. RW
    Robert Wood

    University of Washington, United States

    6 publications · 573 citations

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  4. AD
    Anthony D. Del Genio

    Goddard Institute for Space Studies, United States

    5 publications · 438 citations

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  5. DA
    David A. Randall

    Colorado State University, United States

    5 publications · 1.6K citations

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Institutions

354

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    16 h-index

    35 publications

    4.2K citations

  2. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

    Hamburg, Germany

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    9.5K citations

  5. Goddard Institute for Space Studies

    New York, United States

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    9.8K citations

  6. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

    Reading, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    3.9K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    38 publications

    798 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 38 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    29 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Climate

    30 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. Monthly Weather Review

    18 publications · 3.4K citations

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