Relating Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Observations to General Circulation Model Scales
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The principal goal of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) is to obtain data that will be useful in improving the parameterization of clouds in General Circulation Models (GCMs). With this goal in mind, an extensive field program has been initiated in Oklahoma to obtain the necessary measurements. The field site consists of a central location where an enormous set of cloud and radiation data are being collected. Coming on line is also an array of other, much more limited measurement sites intended to set the central site observations in some perspective.
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