Cloud cover and type over the former USSR, 1936-83; trends derived from the RIHMI-WDC 223-station 6- and 3-hourly meteorological database

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:83809

Kaiser, D P ^[1]; Razuvaev, V N ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. World Data Centre, Obninsk (Russian Federation). Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information

This paper presents trends analyses of sky cover data from the former U.S.S.R. for the period 1936-83. Observations of total cloud amount, low cloud amount, and low-, middle-, and high-cloud type from 223 stations were obtained from a database of 6- and 3-hourly meteorological observations compiled at the Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information - World Data Centre in Obninsk, Russia. Station data were averaged over various-sized grid boxes and linear trends in seasonal mean total cloud amount, low cloud amount, frequency of occurrence of cirrus clouds, cirrus amount, and frequency of clear sky were computed for the period 1936-83.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 83809
• Report Number(s): CONF-9506191-2; ON: DE95014285; TRN: 95:005379
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. international meeting on statistical climatology, Galway (Ireland), Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLOUD COVER
ANNUAL VARIATIONS
HOURLY VARIATIONS
USSR