Decadal variability of clouds, solar radiation and temperature at a high-latitude coastal site in Norway

Kajsa Parding; Jan A. Olseth; Knut F. Dagestad; Beate G. Liepert

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.25897

Decadal variability of clouds, solar radiation and temperature at a high-latitude coastal site in Norway

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1

By: Kajsa Parding, Jan A. Olseth, Knut F. Dagestad and Beate G. Liepert

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.25897 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 25897 - 25897

Submitted on: Sep 1, 2014

Accepted on: Nov 25, 2014

Published on: Jan 1, 2014

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

clouds,

solar irradiance,

global dimming and brightening

© 2014 Kajsa Parding, Jan A. Olseth, Knut F. Dagestad, Beate G. Liepert, published by Stockholm University Press
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