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*                                                                                             *
*   China regional midday/midnight (1400BT/0200BT) mean cloud amount (percent sky cover)      *
*                 for the periods 1951-1994 (midday) and 1954-1994 (midnight)                 *
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*                                   (September 1999)                                          *
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*                                        Source:                                              *
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*                                     Dale P. Kaiser                                          *
*                         Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center                          *
*                              Environmental Sciences Division                                *
*                               Oak Ridge National Laboratory                                 *
*                                 Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA                                   *
*                                                                                             *
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Period      WNW        ENW      NORTH        NE        TIBET        SW       EAST      SOUTH
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Winter   55.6/41.0  49.9/36.3  40.7/28.1  37.8/26.6  44.4/29.2  57.5/49.1  65.2/60.5  68.4/69.8

Spring   60.6/48.2  68.6/51.6  58.9/40.3  61.4/41.3  72.0/46.5  71.5/58.5  76.7/69.4  81.2/77.7

Summer   49.4/43.2  66.6/50.7  67.0/47.9  72.1/55.0  76.0/67.4  83.2/77.2  73.2/59.7  80.1/67.1

Autumn   42.8/32.3  53.0/40.6  47.0/34.0  49.7/35.9  51.8/36.8  71.9/67.1  63.8/56.8  65.0/58.4

Annual   52.0/41.2  59.5/44.7  53.5/37.7  55.3/39.7  60.7/44.6  71.0/63.0  69.8/61.7  74.0/68.3

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