************************************************************************************** * * * China Summer Cloud Amount Departures* (Midday-1400BT) (percent sky cover) * * for the period 1951-1994 * * * * * * (September 1999) * * * * * * Source: * * * * Dale P. Kaiser * * Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center * * Environmental Sciences Division * * Oak Ridge National Laboratory * * Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA * * * * * ************************************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year WNW ENW NORTH NE TIBET SW EAST SOUTH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 -1.38 -2.49 -6.49 0.08 . -2.07 -0.42 -0.98 1952 -4.00 -1.24 5.48 -1.06 . 0.59 6.01 2.42 1953 0.42 1.32 6.23 2.57 . -3.19 1.91 -2.64 1954 5.66 2.33 9.24 5.38 6.89 6.53 10.85 6.06 1955 -2.97 -0.16 -4.94 -4.71 4.63 5.39 7.26 7.20 1956 -4.59 -0.49 5.04 3.15 -5.71 0.23 0.52 -1.56 1957 2.45 1.20 0.22 3.80 0.91 0.64 3.89 3.94 1958 2.34 5.55 2.13 -0.29 0.57 2.43 0.93 1.47 1959 1.09 1.33 1.61 5.27 -2.11 -2.19 -6.73 3.72 1960 0.53 1.49 -1.39 5.43 0.28 1.62 -2.42 1.43 1961 -0.86 -0.86 -0.67 -0.92 -2.11 -2.47 -1.06 -1.41 1962 -1.81 -1.80 -1.86 2.51 7.13 4.88 5.26 1.70 1963 -2.46 0.48 -0.44 2.77 3.93 1.43 5.00 -1.14 1964 -1.35 0.64 3.95 5.51 -1.56 2.61 -2.62 0.04 1965 -1.28 0.30 -3.44 -1.47 3.41 5.27 4.90 -0.33 1966 3.58 0.31 0.96 4.64 2.65 1.40 -8.22 -1.14 1967 -1.36 2.64 1.55 -2.48 -0.22 -2.93 -8.44 -2.58 1968 -1.14 -1.11 -3.45 -1.75 0.30 2.95 -2.78 3.15 1969 0.18 -2.58 0.61 4.04 -1.96 1.70 1.28 1.40 1970 -1.29 -1.97 1.32 -0.53 0.74 -0.91 2.13 -2.02 1971 -0.74 -0.09 1.65 -0.30 1.02 -3.11 -5.32 -4.57 1972 6.23 -1.44 -4.70 -0.54 -3.39 -5.40 -0.66 -3.83 1973 -5.54 -1.37 3.00 1.98 -2.60 -3.40 -1.33 6.07 1974 3.10 2.05 0.09 0.74 2.50 5.13 1.31 3.89 1975 -1.12 0.43 -1.58 -1.81 0.34 0.00 4.03 5.36 1976 -0.33 5.78 5.04 2.85 -0.84 1.19 0.78 0.50 1977 1.33 1.04 1.98 -2.10 4.74 0.60 5.09 5.65 1978 -2.49 -4.37 -2.58 -2.37 -3.24 -4.87 -9.40 -1.25 1979 0.34 2.01 2.33 -1.23 1.67 0.16 -1.39 4.09 1980 0.64 1.18 1.94 0.15 4.80 4.50 10.02 3.51 1981 6.75 3.83 -0.25 -1.49 0.78 -1.40 -2.21 -1.20 1982 1.43 1.16 0.72 -8.47 -3.68 1.27 6.85 2.13 1983 -0.56 5.09 -1.80 -0.78 -5.86 1.20 -1.28 -1.76 1984 -7.90 -4.13 -1.49 0.18 -2.11 -1.84 0.37 -0.83 1985 -0.73 -1.40 0.15 3.60 0.72 -1.04 -3.94 -2.57 1986 3.49 -1.74 -3.07 0.69 -8.20 -3.07 -1.62 -5.78 1987 -1.14 -2.64 -3.53 -1.42 2.58 4.05 2.93 0.14 1988 0.57 -0.72 1.58 -2.72 2.42 -2.71 -8.54 -6.74 1989 4.93 4.29 0.05 -5.14 -0.63 -0.41 2.88 -6.27 1990 -2.29 -4.89 -1.80 0.12 -5.22 -6.33 -6.88 -4.01 1991 2.40 -4.27 -7.80 -4.75 . 0.73 -1.90 -2.44 1992 1.65 -2.26 -3.84 -3.98 . -5.44 -7.74 -7.99 1993 1.71 4.97 1.85 1.51 . 3.47 7.42 0.52 1994 -3.49 -7.42 -3.58 -6.68 . -7.20 -6.68 -1.33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The summer season is the months of June, July, and August. Missing data values are represented by a period (.).