The influence of changes in cloud cover on recent surface temperature trends in the Arctic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 705-715

  Liu, Yinghui ^a   Key, Jeffrey R ^b   Wang, Xuanji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AUTUMN; CLOUD COVER; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

CLOUDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 40849087929     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1681.1     Document Type: Article

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