Understanding Land–Atmosphere–Climate Coupling from the Canadian Prairie Dataset

Analysis of the hourly Canadian Prairie data for the past 60 years has transformed our quantitative understanding of land⁻atmosphere⁻cloud coupling. The key reason is that trained observers made hourly estimates of the opaque cloud fraction that obscures the sun, moon, or stars,...

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Main Authors: Alan K. Betts, Raymond L. Desjardins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Environments
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/5/12/129