Global cloud climatology from surface observations
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Surface weather observations from stations on land and ships in the ocean are used to obtain the global distribution, at 5{sup o}x5{sup o} latitude-longitude resolution, of total cloud cover and the average amounts of the different cloud types: cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, and fog. Diurnal and seasonal variations are derived, as well as interannual variations and multi-year trends. 3 refs., 3 figs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). Environmental Sciences Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 232613
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER-0661T; ON: DE96000982; TRN: 96:002004-0025
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Elements of change 1994. Climate-radiation feedbacks: The current state of the science; PB: 123 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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