Trends in Total Cloud Amount Over China (1951 - 1994)

Dataset · Tue Sep 14 04:00:00 EDT 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/cli.008· OSTI ID:1394915

Kaiser, D. P. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division; OSTI

These total cloud amount time series for China are derived from the work of Kaiser (1998). The cloud data were extracted from a database of 6-hourly weather observations provided by the National Climate Center of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) to the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) through a bilateral research agreement. Surface-observed (visual) six-hourly observations [0200, 0800, 1400, and 2000 Beijing Time (BT)] of cloud amount (0-10 tenths of sky cover) were available from 196 Chinese stations covering the period 1954-94. Data from 1951-1953 were also available; however, they only included 0800, 1400, and 2000 BT observations.For access to the data files, click this link to the CDIAC data transition website: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/trends/clouds/kaiser/kaiser98.html

• Research Organization: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. DOE > Office of Science (SC) > Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)
• OSTI ID: 1394915
• Report Number(s): osti:1394915; doi:10.3334/CDIAC/CLI.008; cdiac:doi 10.3334/CDIAC/cli.008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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