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Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7101 Credit: 21,637,230 RAC: 9,439 |
Two-thirds of Earth is covered in clouds Forget Earth as a pale blue marble, or perhaps a water planet, decades of satellite observations show Earth is actually dominated by clouds. |
![]() Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 15 May 09 Posts: 2585 Credit: 3,137,178 RAC: 481 |
And there was me thinking that was just British weather :D |
Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7101 Credit: 21,637,230 RAC: 9,439 |
:) |
wateroakley Send message Joined: 6 Aug 04 Posts: 97 Credit: 16,405,225 RAC: 6,208 |
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bl Send message Joined: 17 Nov 08 Posts: 5 Credit: 580,933 RAC: 0 |
Two-thirds of Earth is covered in clouds Yes, with cross country flights over N. America this has been really noticeable over the past five years. Does anyone know anymore details about the cloud cover numbers, especially the trend? From that data, in addition to May-June 2015 assuming they collected it, has there been an increase in cloud cover on this hemisphere from the first 5 years starting July 2002 to the cloud cover of the current past five years (5 years starting July 2011)? It now seems cloudier than I remember the 90s or 80s to be. But maybe it's poor observation or tricks of the mind, or local changes only. |
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