Addressing Common Cloud-Radiation Errors from ~4-hour to 4-week Model Prediction

Stan Benjamin1, Shan Sun2, Georg A Grell3, Benjamin Green4, Joseph Olson2, Jaymes Kenyon5, Eric James6, Tatiana G Smirnova3 and John M Brown7, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (2)NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (3)NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (7)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States