Abstract: Accurate global cloud information is required for many climate studies, particularly for validation of climate model simulations. This paper reviews the cloud climatologies currently available, identifying and attempting ...

Abstract: A one-year global total cloud amount climatology has been compiled from the U.S. Air Force's 3D-nephanalysis cloud archive. The derived cloud distributions are shown to be reliable and in good agreement with major features ...

Abstract: Sampling and averaging strategies are as significant an influence upon the resulting cloud climatologies as the resolution of the original cloud archives. An investigation of total cloud amount data, as represented by the ...

Abstract: A one-year global total cloud amount climatology has been compiled from the U.S. Air Force's three-dimensional nephanalysis cloud archive. The derived cloud distributions are shown to be reliable and in good agreement with ...

Abstract: Monitoring of climatic variability and climate modeling both require a reliable global cloud data set. Examination is made of the temporal and spatial variability of cloudiness in light of recommendations made by GARP in ...