************************************************************************************** * * * China Annual 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 -3.22 -0.75 1.17 2.67 . 1.01 1.69 1.88 1952 -4.12 2.71 4.21 -0.22 . 1.66 5.79 0.89 1953 1.44 2.52 4.04 0.80 . 1.18 8.08 5.78 1954 2.98 2.73 4.03 3.27 13.41 1.70 4.68 1.14 1955 -2.62 -0.62 -0.12 1.02 5.05 1.37 -2.17 -6.12 1956 -3.74 -1.22 0.39 1.67 -11.67 0.89 0.20 -0.42 1957 1.92 3.16 0.43 1.78 2.94 1.43 4.84 3.03 1958 3.18 0.69 -0.11 0.84 0.05 0.61 -0.15 -2.28 1959 1.08 2.06 2.90 3.97 0.44 0.07 -0.20 2.07 1960 1.37 1.33 -0.36 2.77 -0.01 -0.88 -1.50 -0.74 1961 -4.56 0.66 0.43 0.31 -0.36 1.65 1.74 1.92 1962 1.31 -1.89 -2.80 1.00 2.42 0.19 -1.98 -3.61 1963 -1.20 -2.71 0.82 2.84 -0.76 -0.33 -3.68 -7.89 1964 1.99 3.34 6.09 0.15 -2.67 2.57 3.15 0.98 1965 -0.13 -1.73 -3.37 -0.13 2.34 2.42 1.07 0.35 1966 4.11 0.40 0.53 2.25 -1.69 -0.25 -2.72 -0.05 1967 -2.49 2.03 -0.76 -3.44 1.53 2.05 -2.97 0.32 1968 0.14 -0.78 -0.94 1.56 3.73 1.69 -0.63 1.37 1969 3.40 -0.61 2.55 2.57 -3.77 -2.61 -0.89 -1.14 1970 -1.38 -0.97 0.40 0.07 -0.17 -0.04 4.33 5.42 1971 -0.44 0.47 -0.69 1.94 1.60 -1.96 -4.51 -4.99 1972 2.62 -0.51 0.64 3.98 -1.58 -1.59 2.71 0.97 1973 -1.82 -1.45 0.98 1.02 -0.84 -0.62 1.72 2.63 1974 0.54 2.99 1.49 1.96 0.68 0.54 0.21 2.25 1975 -1.05 1.78 0.17 -1.81 -0.19 -1.07 3.10 5.24 1976 -0.28 1.06 3.03 2.69 1.80 2.29 0.14 1.29 1977 2.02 2.13 1.22 -0.26 6.16 2.37 1.91 0.15 1978 -0.45 -2.43 -2.39 -3.82 1.98 -3.42 -3.60 2.45 1979 0.46 -1.97 -0.30 0.96 3.75 -2.47 -5.12 -1.25 1980 0.11 -1.68 0.04 1.94 2.49 -0.21 -0.32 -0.31 1981 -0.49 0.30 -1.67 -2.22 0.10 1.05 -0.40 1.65 1982 1.02 1.30 -2.85 -4.47 1.22 0.39 1.92 1.27 1983 -4.09 -1.66 -3.64 -3.36 -2.14 0.82 -2.45 -0.54 1984 -0.98 0.94 0.56 -2.03 1.30 -2.85 1.37 2.09 1985 -2.19 -0.33 1.38 0.72 3.07 0.22 1.73 1.86 1986 0.67 -1.63 -3.51 -2.70 -0.94 -1.93 -3.88 -5.13 1987 4.78 -1.92 -1.97 -0.25 7.94 -1.96 -1.56 -0.30 1988 -0.60 2.11 -0.64 -2.31 -1.52 0.10 -3.53 -0.05 1989 1.63 3.40 0.24 -4.75 -2.73 1.43 3.43 -2.08 1990 -2.52 -3.00 -1.63 -1.80 -5.54 -0.33 -0.48 1.07 1991 -0.85 -1.93 -2.50 -2.61 . 0.15 -1.28 -2.81 1992 1.98 -3.73 -4.02 -3.29 . -2.85 -6.32 -4.68 1993 1.28 -0.47 -2.44 -2.50 . -1.13 -2.37 -2.49 1994 -0.83 -4.15 -1.00 -2.78 . -3.34 -1.10 -1.17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The annual values are for the calendar year. Missing data values are represented by a period (.).