************************************************************************************** * * * China Autumn 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 4.15 1.45 3.00 3.92 . 0.55 1.20 6.44 1952 -2.04 6.46 6.73 3.41 . 3.05 10.59 0.33 1953 4.36 5.78 2.35 -3.54 . -1.28 15.61 12.70 1954 -5.34 3.78 0.80 4.15 15.05 -2.03 -5.59 -5.87 1955 -6.38 -0.08 -0.15 2.43 4.45 3.71 -8.18 -13.27 1956 -5.29 -7.94 -5.30 1.77 -10.78 2.94 -4.14 -5.25 1957 -0.58 2.24 -4.04 2.64 -0.92 1.46 -2.69 -2.14 1958 -1.41 0.60 -1.93 -4.50 -12.91 -4.54 1.87 -6.97 1959 -2.32 -3.39 3.09 8.20 -3.47 -3.74 -8.50 -7.72 1960 -0.73 1.89 -0.24 -1.42 1.91 -0.19 3.11 8.76 1961 -1.56 3.75 5.28 0.17 0.39 -1.71 6.70 3.47 1962 9.99 6.48 3.34 -1.04 -3.63 -3.15 4.99 2.47 1963 3.47 2.85 3.44 4.53 7.48 3.70 3.93 1.14 1964 -3.28 1.57 5.63 0.20 -10.07 2.99 4.01 3.35 1965 5.25 -2.54 -1.51 3.19 6.47 2.33 2.02 6.93 1966 3.18 1.00 -3.41 -0.64 0.38 2.39 -8.09 -7.43 1967 2.21 8.53 4.78 -3.89 5.88 2.06 3.47 0.13 1968 0.65 0.16 1.55 3.36 9.83 0.54 -3.74 -1.63 1969 3.48 -2.11 2.42 -1.24 0.08 -2.36 -3.17 -4.16 1970 -0.90 -7.09 -2.42 -0.59 -4.38 -1.51 7.38 12.22 1971 -0.67 5.62 -0.59 0.42 1.26 -2.48 -2.48 -5.35 1972 -2.34 -6.60 -0.07 12.93 1.58 1.58 5.56 7.63 1973 -5.75 -4.72 0.16 -1.17 0.82 2.13 0.80 6.24 1974 0.93 3.29 1.36 4.56 -4.63 3.25 0.40 4.98 1975 2.13 7.90 4.97 -4.64 -4.66 0.75 8.21 4.96 1976 3.50 -1.19 4.57 1.22 2.15 3.63 -1.00 6.56 1977 4.88 1.24 -2.48 -1.61 10.12 4.05 -1.38 -0.07 1978 -3.49 0.83 -2.77 -6.21 9.18 0.01 -0.34 4.65 1979 -2.73 -5.63 -3.40 -1.79 7.69 -2.71 -14.21 -13.10 1980 1.34 -4.38 -1.71 3.50 1.73 -2.91 -8.35 -7.78 1981 -1.31 1.09 0.62 -1.06 -9.41 -0.45 7.98 10.51 1982 7.16 2.98 -0.61 -3.21 2.25 1.58 7.41 7.51 1983 -4.24 -4.00 -1.34 -2.79 -7.39 -2.91 -3.80 -4.23 1984 2.41 -1.45 -0.03 -3.80 -9.64 -6.78 1.10 -3.45 1985 -2.92 1.35 2.21 2.47 6.80 -1.55 3.88 3.74 1986 2.43 0.50 -1.38 -5.24 5.51 1.34 0.08 -2.50 1987 9.81 -3.93 -0.95 1.35 -0.10 -2.85 5.67 12.20 1988 -1.56 3.11 -5.89 -4.67 -8.83 3.31 -7.29 1.49 1989 0.54 1.90 -1.70 -1.64 5.21 4.09 3.93 -0.02 1990 -5.27 -4.87 -5.34 -4.29 -1.77 -2.40 -0.71 0.54 1991 -9.48 -5.79 -4.44 -1.26 . 1.16 -11.32 -9.86 1992 -3.86 -5.40 -2.17 -1.87 . -6.11 -11.63 -12.38 1993 0.64 -3.79 -2.56 -0.57 . -1.65 -3.84 -4.65 1994 0.93 -1.49 0.13 -1.73 . 0.70 0.51 -11.08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The autumn season is the months of September, October, and November. Missing data values are represented by a period (.).