Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6348051 | Global and Planetary Change | 2015 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
We further test the hypothesis suggested by Sun et al. (Sun et al., 2014). Recognizing the problems caused by the area-averaging calculation method, we focus on the analysis of individual observations over the North China Plain (NCP) and a larger area where aerosol loading acts as the main contributor to the difference between satellite and ground observations of total cloud cover (ÎTCC). We show that as aerosol loading increases, the occurrence frequencies of ÎTCCÂ >Â 12.5Â % increase at first and then decrease at heavy aerosol loading conditions. There is a significant linear relationship between the cumulative frequency of ÎTCCÂ >Â 12.5Â % and aerosol loading for both the increasing and decreasing trends. Therefore, a two-phase relationship between ÎTCCs and aerosol loading is confirmed.
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Authors
Yawen Zhang, Hui Lu, Si Shen, Jun Cai,