Articles | Volume 13, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10969-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10969-2013
Research article
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08 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2013

A sensitivity study of radiative fluxes at the top of atmosphere to cloud-microphysics and aerosol parameters in the community atmosphere model CAM5

C. Zhao, X. Liu, Y. Qian, J. Yoon, Z. Hou, G. Lin, S. McFarlane, H. Wang, B. Yang, P.-L. Ma, H. Yan, and J. Bao

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