Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012georl..3903701d&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 39, Issue 3, CiteID L03701
Physics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud/Radiation Interaction, Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Mathematical Geophysics: Time Series Analysis (1872, 1988, 4277, 4475), Atmospheric Processes: Clouds And Cloud Feedbacks, Atmospheric Processes: Remote Sensing (4337)
Scientific paper
Self-consistent stereo measurements by the Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) on the Terra satellite yield a decrease in global effective cloud height over the decade from March 2000 to February 2010. The linear trend is -44 ± 22 m/decade and the interannual annual difference is -31 ± 11 m between the first and last years of the decade. The annual mean height is measured with a sampling error of 8 m, which is less than the observed interannual fluctuation in global cloud height for most years. A maximum departure from the 10-year mean, of -80 ± 8 m, is observed towards the end of 2007. These height anomalies correlate well with the changes in the Southern Oscillation Index, with the effective height increasing over Indonesia and decreasing over the Central Pacific during the La Niña phase of the oscillation. After examining the net influence of Central Pacific/Indonesia heights on the global mean anomaly, we conclude that the integrated effects from outside these regions dominate the global mean height anomalies, confirming the existence of significant teleconnections.
Davies Roger
Molloy Matthew
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