Low-cloud and sunshine duration in the low-latitude belt of South China for the period 1961-2005

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 473-478

  Li, Weiguang ^a   Hou, Meiting ^b,c   Xin, Jiwu ^a  

^a Key Laboratory for South China Sea Meteorology and Disaster Mitigation Research   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BELT; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 79957466860     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0360-1     Document Type: Article

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