Regional cloud cover change associated with global climate change: Case studies for three regions of the United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2128-2134

  Croke, Meredith S ^a,b   Cess, Robert D ^b   Hameed, Sultan ^b  

^a Miller Place High School ^*  (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL WARMING;

GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLOUD COVER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032754494     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2128:RCCCAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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