Global cloud cover and the Earth's mean surface temperature

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-408

  Erlykin, A D ^a,b   Wolfendale, A W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Energetics; Global cloud cover; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLOUD AMOUNT; EARTH'S SURFACE; GLOBAL CLOUDS; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; IN-PHASE; LOW CLOUD COVER; SOLAR CYCLE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOLAR ENERGY;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ALTITUDE; CLOUD COVER; EARTH STRUCTURE; ENERGETICS; SOLAR CYCLE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954145267     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-010-9098-7     Document Type: Article

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