DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00068.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84906871572
论文题名: Entering the era of 130-year satellite cloud climatologies: A North American case study
作者: Foster M.J. ; Heidinger A.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2014
卷: 27, 期: 17 起始页码: 6687
结束页码: 6697
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Advanced very high resolution radiometers (AVHRR)
; Climate change
; Clouds
; Climate monitoring
; Cloud climatology
; Cloud feedbacks
; Model development
; North American
; Radiative properties
; State clustering
; Weather patterns
; Satellites
英文摘要: The emergence of satellite-based cloud records of climate length and quality hold tremendous potential for climate model development, climate monitoring, and studies on global water cycling and its subsequent energetics. This article examines the more than 30-yr Pathfinder Atmospheres-Extended (PATMOS-x) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) cloudiness record over North America and assesses its suitability as a climate-quality data record. A loss of ̃4.2% total cloudiness is observed between 1982 and 2012 over a North American domain centered over the contiguous United States. While ENSO can explain some of the observed change, a weather state clustering analysis identifies shifts in weather patterns that result in loss of water cloud over the Great Lakes and cirrus over southern portions of the United States. The radiative properties of the shifting weather states are characterized, and the results suggest that extended cloud satellite records may prove useful tools for increasing knowledge of cloud feedbacks, a long-standing issue in the climate change community. © 2014 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/51143
Appears in Collections: 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Madison, WI, United States
Recommended Citation:
Foster M.J.,Heidinger A.. Entering the era of 130-year satellite cloud climatologies: A North American case study[J]. Journal of Climate,2014-01-01,27(17)