Total cloud cover from satellite observations and climate models

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-170

  Probst, P ^a   Rizzi, R ^a   Tosi, E ^a   Lucarini, V ^a,b,c   Maestri, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate model; Cloud cover; ISCCP CMIP3; Satellite observation

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CLOUD COVER; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DATA SETS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; ISCCP CMIP3; MIDLATITUDES; POLAR AREAS; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; TIME FRAME; TOTAL CLOUD COVER;

DATA PROCESSING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; SATELLITE DATA;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84857036934     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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