************************************************************************************** * * * China Winter Cloud Amount Departures* (Midday-1400BT) (percent sky cover) * * for the period 1952-1994 * * * * * * (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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1952 -5.70 -0.05 0.77 -2.23 . 3.61 1.61 1.67 1953 -11.09 -0.13 3.08 -2.36 . 2.56 6.74 5.57 1954 18.56 7.02 5.72 5.00 . 1.33 11.39 5.56 1955 -6.70 0.12 3.36 2.03 . 2.07 0.47 -3.43 1956 -0.99 -4.45 -1.50 0.29 . -7.19 -8.63 -7.99 1957 3.15 8.59 6.50 -2.46 4.73 4.97 8.92 5.16 1958 -2.45 0.29 -2.14 3.99 10.25 7.65 4.26 8.20 1959 6.48 6.98 5.17 5.06 8.42 6.02 3.88 0.44 1960 1.01 -1.42 0.51 0.44 -1.78 -4.19 0.31 -4.49 1961 -1.50 4.18 -1.59 2.84 -3.34 4.21 -3.06 0.18 1962 -6.29 -5.42 -3.41 -0.23 -2.54 0.82 -7.06 -9.67 1963 -11.11 -15.01 -6.17 5.29 -9.25 -6.02 -22.67 -20.97 1964 5.33 5.19 6.15 -3.26 -5.71 4.21 8.60 6.02 1965 1.72 -0.21 0.09 -1.32 -0.18 0.64 -0.40 -10.19 1966 -0.73 -3.64 -3.45 5.38 -6.02 -1.51 0.66 9.49 1967 -0.79 0.93 -2.79 -6.77 -3.77 1.63 2.84 9.81 1968 -12.00 -5.27 -7.94 4.11 6.34 8.13 -0.67 6.32 1969 11.19 10.29 12.42 4.38 -0.84 -8.59 11.33 8.49 1970 -2.37 0.14 -0.66 3.22 5.24 2.35 -1.98 -6.90 1971 -1.39 1.48 -0.64 3.35 -5.16 0.62 -2.83 -0.76 1972 7.80 5.62 6.00 2.94 -2.65 1.42 5.61 0.32 1973 6.11 2.99 6.51 1.93 4.08 1.38 12.12 9.47 1974 -3.36 -1.88 -2.83 -1.76 -9.24 -7.00 -10.19 -14.57 1975 -5.39 3.92 2.32 -0.33 10.89 1.14 10.47 13.99 1976 -0.79 -3.85 -4.54 -1.98 3.28 -4.12 -9.48 -6.45 1977 1.12 3.96 1.53 4.15 -1.61 0.75 4.30 3.21 1978 7.01 0.84 2.50 -0.19 8.35 0.98 -3.22 -0.65 1979 3.17 -6.20 -0.81 4.27 -1.67 -11.75 -6.05 0.92 1980 4.39 2.62 -2.33 -0.54 11.65 1.91 3.31 -2.26 1981 -4.49 -3.75 -1.29 0.55 1.94 0.69 -3.74 -0.60 1982 -4.01 -2.17 -5.56 -5.40 -1.46 1.66 -2.59 -2.80 1983 -8.21 -7.08 -6.38 -5.59 8.82 5.60 -6.61 4.89 1984 -3.81 2.18 -3.97 -6.61 -12.92 -4.99 -1.70 1.50 1985 -1.10 4.89 7.05 2.35 0.22 2.34 8.19 12.91 1986 -5.99 -6.93 -7.20 -2.21 -3.04 -3.42 -3.41 -7.73 1987 4.25 -2.12 0.85 -0.89 -8.25 -6.02 -5.17 -8.92 1988 2.58 2.05 -2.38 -0.87 -2.15 -4.62 -3.30 -0.10 1989 -1.55 3.49 4.24 -3.51 -2.28 1.18 3.61 -4.25 1990 6.75 2.70 5.93 -1.75 2.17 3.23 9.66 5.20 1991 3.09 -2.37 -1.24 -0.35 . 0.01 0.23 0.23 1992 2.34 -5.34 -5.56 -5.05 . 7.16 -4.53 1.86 1993 3.23 -2.08 -2.78 -2.48 . -4.31 -5.60 -5.24 1994 2.54 -1.08 -3.50 -3.45 . -6.53 -5.65 -3.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The winter season is the months of December, January, and February. Years refer to the winter ending with February of that year. Missing data values are represented by a period (.).