************************************************************************************** * * * China Spring 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 -10.34 -3.99 1.20 4.28 . 2.53 3.31 2.20 1952 -1.43 2.30 6.80 0.36 . -0.47 4.13 -0.45 1953 5.94 1.30 0.75 5.23 . 2.65 2.04 3.17 1954 1.24 -1.83 -1.55 -0.43 . 1.02 3.83 0.44 1955 2.34 3.48 6.00 3.58 . 1.13 3.03 -4.11 1956 -2.87 2.91 2.08 3.18 . 2.79 5.67 5.19 1957 2.63 -0.24 -0.87 -0.17 4.30 0.73 6.02 2.32 1958 10.81 -1.15 0.48 2.01 1.06 -3.50 0.38 -2.77 1959 2.05 3.68 1.63 0.56 -1.37 1.57 0.42 -0.31 1960 5.41 3.77 2.43 6.31 -0.04 -3.16 2.93 -1.24 1961 -9.54 -1.69 -1.54 -2.58 -0.42 6.94 -0.34 2.36 1962 -1.05 -5.92 -6.47 3.79 4.07 0.63 -5.58 -2.29 1963 3.26 0.78 4.09 -1.24 0.52 -2.55 -2.33 -11.23 1964 8.75 2.77 9.09 1.21 -2.57 0.22 1.17 -5.37 1965 -2.51 -2.84 -6.38 -4.53 0.89 1.16 -3.64 -4.74 1966 4.16 0.95 5.19 3.36 -8.30 -2.31 -0.59 -1.81 1967 -1.25 3.17 1.30 -1.83 1.37 3.74 0.94 -1.97 1968 3.49 -1.47 -2.15 -0.08 -2.77 2.52 -3.52 -0.51 1969 4.06 -4.38 0.12 3.60 -6.91 -7.54 -3.87 -1.10 1970 -3.39 0.90 3.77 0.12 -0.10 1.97 4.91 5.91 1971 -0.90 -2.96 -1.89 2.16 -1.89 -3.93 -3.15 -5.26 1972 0.34 -1.09 -0.93 0.73 -1.79 -2.88 -3.18 -5.47 1973 4.90 4.04 2.77 2.88 -2.72 -2.27 6.17 3.64 1974 -3.14 -3.02 -1.35 5.74 2.86 0.73 -6.09 -3.51 1975 0.37 2.41 1.44 1.86 -1.77 -0.68 3.45 6.60 1976 -3.28 0.26 2.67 1.23 1.99 3.01 2.03 2.32 1977 -8.79 -1.07 1.69 0.59 3.36 2.14 2.03 -4.43 1978 0.31 -1.52 -3.43 -3.97 0.89 -1.99 0.87 8.35 1979 1.89 -0.05 1.10 2.12 -4.78 -3.89 -1.38 4.55 1980 -1.69 -0.99 3.17 1.51 1.67 -1.84 0.18 -0.76 1981 0.41 -2.56 -2.66 -1.14 6.45 4.62 -1.74 3.87 1982 -3.66 1.32 -5.90 -2.12 3.17 -2.08 -5.57 -2.99 1983 -4.49 -0.15 -2.36 -1.57 6.88 0.97 0.88 -1.09 1984 2.53 0.79 0.36 -0.15 9.60 -0.28 0.17 4.47 1985 -2.81 0.70 0.25 -5.92 -0.79 4.35 1.56 -0.46 1986 -0.89 -0.92 -5.19 -4.00 -0.72 -2.69 -9.68 -4.47 1987 6.73 2.22 1.59 -1.26 4.24 -2.14 -0.45 1.25 1988 -2.06 4.65 1.27 -0.04 -2.43 2.96 -0.82 6.46 1989 -3.43 2.07 -2.69 -8.30 -6.60 0.82 1.06 -1.00 1990 -2.58 -3.11 -1.31 -1.60 0.41 4.70 -1.96 1.70 1991 -2.34 -0.68 -0.93 -3.76 . -2.52 4.32 -5.56 1992 3.90 4.56 -1.73 -3.27 -4.96 -0.28 -1.40 5.18 1993 1.33 -0.31 -5.70 -7.20 -3.45 -4.21 -1.27 2.99 1994 -4.44 -7.07 -6.24 -1.28 -4.49 -2.68 -4.91 -0.05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The spring season is the months of March, April, and May. Missing data values are represented by a period (.).