Climate Processes: Clouds, Aerosols and Dynamics
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G.R. Asrar and J.W. Hurrell (eds.), Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modeling and Prediction Priorities, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6692-1_4, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Abstract Physical processes not well resolved by climate models continue to limit confi dence in detailed predictions of climate change. The representation of cloud and convection-related processes dominates the model spread in global climate sensitivity, and affects the simulation of important aspects of the present-day climate Climate Processes: Clouds, Aerosols and Dynamics
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