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Variability of Cloudiness over Mountain Terrain in the Western United States

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Edwin Sumargo, and Daniel R. Cayan, Variability of Cloudiness over Mountain Terrain in the Western United States: Journal of Hydrometeorology.

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Abstract (from http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0194.1): This study investigates the spatial and temporal variability of cloudiness across mountain zones in the western United States. Daily average cloud albedo is derived from a 19-yr series (1996–2014) of half-hourly Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) images. During springtime when incident radiation is active in driving snowmelt–runoff processes, the magnitude of daily cloud variations can exceed 50% of long-term averages. Even when aggregated over 3-month periods, cloud albedo varies by ±10% of long-term averages in many locations. Rotated empirical orthogonal functions (REOFs) of daily cloud albedo anomalies over high-elevation regions [...]

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Edwin Sumargo, Daniel R. Cayan
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Southwest CSC

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Southwest CASC

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