DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00280.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84874920404
论文题名: A 39-yr survey of cloud changes from land stations worldwide 1971-2009: Long-term trends, relation to aerosols, and expansion of the tropical belt
作者: Eastman R. ; Warren S.G.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2013
卷: 26, 期: 4 起始页码: 1286
结束页码: 1303
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Long-term trend
; Monsoonal precipitation
; Northern China
; Northern Eurasia
; Poleward shift
; Similar analysis
; Total cloud cover
; Weather stations
; Aerosols
; Precipitation (meteorology)
; aerosol
; cloud cover
; cumulus
; drought
; jet stream
; long-term change
; monsoon
; precipitation (climatology)
; seasonal variation
; stratiform cloud
; China
; Eurasia
; India
英文摘要: An archive of land-based, surface-observed cloud reports has been updated and now spans 39 years from 1971 through 2009. Cloud-type information at weather stations is available in individual reports or in longterm, seasonal, and monthly averages. A shift to a new data source and the automation of cloud reporting in some countries has reduced the number of available stations; however, this dataset still represents most of the global land area. Global-average trends of cloud cover suggest a small decline in total cloud cover, on the order of 0.4% per decade. Declining clouds in middle latitudes at high and middle levels appear responsible for this trend. An analysis of zonal cloud cover changes suggests poleward shifts of the jet streams in both hemispheres. The observed displacement agrees with other studies. Changes seen in cloud types associated with the Indian monsoon are consistent with previous work suggesting that increased pollution (black carbon) may be affecting monsoonal precipitation, causing drought in northern India. A similar analysis over northern China does not show an obvious aerosol connection. Past reports claiming a shift from stratiform to cumuliform cloud types over Russia were apparently partially based on spurious data. When the faulty stations are removed, a trade-off of stratiform and cumuliform cloud cover is still observed, but muted, over much of northern Eurasia. © 2013 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/52020
Appears in Collections: 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Eastman R.,Warren S.G.. A 39-yr survey of cloud changes from land stations worldwide 1971-2009: Long-term trends, relation to aerosols, and expansion of the tropical belt[J]. Journal of Climate,2013-01-01,26(4)