Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses
Total cloud fraction over the Arctic (north of 60°N) has been evaluated and intercompared based on 16 Arctic cloud climatologies from different satellite and surface observations and reanalyses. The Arctic annual-mean total cloud fraction is about 0 . 7 0 ± 0 . 0 3 according to different observation...
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fthindawi:oai:hindawi.com:10.1155/2012/542093 2023-05-15T14:36:25+02:00 Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses Alexander Chernokulsky Igor I. Mokhov 2012 https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/542093 en eng Advances in Meteorology https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/542093 Copyright © 2012 Alexander Chernokulsky and Igor I. Mokhov. Research Article 2012 fthindawi https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/542093 2019-05-25T21:19:47Z Total cloud fraction over the Arctic (north of 60°N) has been evaluated and intercompared based on 16 Arctic cloud climatologies from different satellite and surface observations and reanalyses. The Arctic annual-mean total cloud fraction is about 0 . 7 0 ± 0 . 0 3 according to different observational data. It is greater over the ocean ( 0 . 7 4 ± 0 . 0 4 ) and less over land ( 0 . 6 7 ± 0 . 0 3 ). Different observations for total cloud fraction are in a better agreement in summer than in winter and over the ocean than over land. An interannual variability is higher in winter than in summer according to all observations. The Arctic total cloud fraction has a prominent annual cycle according to most of the observations. The time of its maximum concurs with the time of the sea ice extent minimum (early summer–late autumn) and vice versa (late spring). The main reason for the discrepancies among observations is the difference in the cloud-detection algorithms, especially when clouds are detected over the ice/snow surface (during the whole year) or over the regions with the presence of strong low-tropospheric temperature inversions (mostly in winter). Generally, reanalyses are not in a close agreement with satellite and surface observations of cloudiness in the Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice Hindawi Publishing Corporation Arctic Advances in Meteorology 2012 1 15 |
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Total cloud fraction over the Arctic (north of 60°N) has been evaluated and intercompared based on 16 Arctic cloud climatologies from different satellite and surface observations and reanalyses. The Arctic annual-mean total cloud fraction is about 0 . 7 0 ± 0 . 0 3 according to different observational data. It is greater over the ocean ( 0 . 7 4 ± 0 . 0 4 ) and less over land ( 0 . 6 7 ± 0 . 0 3 ). Different observations for total cloud fraction are in a better agreement in summer than in winter and over the ocean than over land. An interannual variability is higher in winter than in summer according to all observations. The Arctic total cloud fraction has a prominent annual cycle according to most of the observations. The time of its maximum concurs with the time of the sea ice extent minimum (early summer–late autumn) and vice versa (late spring). The main reason for the discrepancies among observations is the difference in the cloud-detection algorithms, especially when clouds are detected over the ice/snow surface (during the whole year) or over the regions with the presence of strong low-tropospheric temperature inversions (mostly in winter). Generally, reanalyses are not in a close agreement with satellite and surface observations of cloudiness in the Arctic. |
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Alexander Chernokulsky Igor I. Mokhov Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses |
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Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses |
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Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses |
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Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses |
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Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses |
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Climatology of Total Cloudiness in the Arctic: An Intercomparison of Observations and Reanalyses |
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climatology of total cloudiness in the arctic: an intercomparison of observations and reanalyses |
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