GEWEX Cloud Systems Studies: Working Group II - Cirrus Cloud Systems - The GEWEX Cloud Systems Studies: Working Group II focuses on the comparison of cirrus cloud models and parameterizations. A wide variety of cirrus
models are considered, from parcel models to 3-dimensional Large Eddy Simulation (LES) models to
General Circulation Models (GCMs). Of central interest in the GCSS approach are Cloud Resolving Models
(CRMs) and Single Column Models (SCMs).
[keywords: cirrus clouds, ice clouds, cloud resolving model,
single column model, CRM, SCM, GCM](Added: 18-Oct-1999 Hits: 1182)
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International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project - Established in 1982 as part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) to collect and analyze satellite radiance measurements to infer the global distribution of clouds, their properties, and their diurnal, seasonal, and interannual variations. The
resulting datasets and analysis products are being used to improve understanding and modeling of the role of clouds in climate, with the primary focus being the elucidation of the effects of clouds on the radiation balance.
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