Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses

Total cloud fraction over the Arctic (north of 60°N) has been evaluated and intercompared based on 16 Arctic cloud climatologies from different satellite and surface observations and reanalyses. The Arctic annual-mean total cloud fraction is about 0.70±0.03 according to different observational data....

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Main Authors: Alexander Chernokulsky, Igor I. Mokhov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/542093
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