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*              China regional midday/midnight (1400BT/0200BT) cloud amount trends             *
* (percent sky cover per decade) for the periods 1951-1994 (midday) and 1954-1994 (midnight). *
*        Trend values with asterisks indicate significance at the 95% confidence level.       *
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*                                   (September 1999)                                          *
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*                                        Source:                                              *
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*                                     Dale P. Kaiser                                          *
*                         Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center                          *
*                              Environmental Sciences Division                                *
*                               Oak Ridge National Laboratory                                 *
*                                 Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA                                   *
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Period     WNW        ENW        NORTH        NE         TIBET        SW         EAST       SOUTH
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Winter   0.6/-0.1  -0.6/-1.3   -0.9/-0.7  -1.1*/-1.3*  -0.6/-0.3   -0.9/-1.2*  -0.9/-0.2  -0.3/0.7

Spring  -0.6/-0.9  -0.1/-1.1* -1.2*/-1.9* -1.5*/-2.1*  -0.4/-0.7   -0.4/0.0   -1.0*/-1.2*  0.5/1.8*

Summer   0.2/-0.5  -0.4/-0.6  -0.9*/-1.2* -1.2*/-1.2* -1.0*/-3.3* -0.8*/-1.0   -1.1/-0.8 -1.2*/-1.5*

Autumn  -0.1/-0.2 -1.2*/-1.4* -1.0*/-1.0* -1.1*/-1.4*  -0.6/-0.1   -0.4/-0.2   -1.1/-0.2  -0.7/0.5

Annual   0.1/-0.5 -0.6*/-1.2* -1.0*/-1.0* -1.2*/-1.5*  -1.4/-1.4  -0.6*/-0.6* -1.0*/-0.5  -0.4/0.4

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