Intercomparison of global cloud cover fields over oceans from the VOS observations and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1707-1719

  Bedacht, Ernst ^a   Gulev, Sergey K ^b   Macke, Andreas ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climatology; Clouds; ENSO; ICOADS; NAO; NCEP NCAR; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLOUD COVER; EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

CLOUDS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

EID: 36248948587     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1490     Document Type: Article

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