The relationship of cloud cover to near-surface temperature and humidity: Comparison of GCM simulations with empirical data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1858-1878

  Groisman, Pavel Ya ^a,b   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Sun, Bomin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD COVER; DATA QUALITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034210912     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1858:TROCCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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