Decadal variability of clouds, solar radiation and temperature at a high-latitude coastal site in Norway

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Parding, Kajsa ^a,b   Olseth, Jan A ^a   Dagestad, Knut F ^b   Liepert, Beate G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Global dimming and brightening; Solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; DECADAL VARIATION; IRRADIANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BERGEN; HORDALAND; NORWAY;

EID: 84930959466     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v66.25897     Document Type: Article

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