On trends and possible artifacts in global ocean cloud cover between 1952 and 1995

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1864-1870

  Norris, Joel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; TROPICS;

GLOBAL OCEAN CLOUD COVER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CLOUDS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLOUD COVER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032716736     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1864:OTAPAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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