Changes in low cloudiness over China between 1971 and 1996

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1204-1213

  Endo, Nobuhiko ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CUMULONIMBUS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33646357754     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3679.1     Document Type: Article

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