Analyzing global trends of different cloud types and their potential impacts on climate by using the ISCCP D2 dataset

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1301-1306

  Ding, Shouguo ^a,b   Shi, Guangyu ^a   Zhao, Chunsheng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud amount; Global warming; ISCCP; Trend of cloud

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144460598     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0614     Document Type: Article

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