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120°E
160°E
90
160°W
120°W
80°W
40°W
0°
40°E
80°E
75°N
75°N
60°N
60°N
40
60
45°N
45°N
80
20
90
60
80
10
30°N
30°N
60
80
80
60
15°N
15°N
80
60
0°
0°
40
40
40
80
20
15°S
15°S
30
30°S
30°S
40
60
45°S
45°S
80
80
60°S
60°S
80
60
60
JUNE-AUG
75°S
120°E
160°E
160°W
120°W
80°W
40°W
0°
40°E
80°E
120°E
160°E
160°W
120°W
80°W
40°W
0°
40°E
80°E
75°N
75°N
60
60
60°N
60°N
40
80
45°N
45°N
80
40
30°N
30°N
60
60
20
50
20
15°N
40
15°N
0°
0°
40
80
80
60
15°S
15°S
60
60
40
30°S
30°S
60
60
45°S
45°S
80
80
90
60°S
60°S
90
80
80
DEC-FEB
75°S
120°E
160°E
160°W
120°W
80°W
40°W
0°
40°E
80°E
Figure 3.8
The global distribution of total cloud amount (percent) derived from surface-based observa-
tions during the period 1971-1981, averaged for the months June to August (above) and December to
February (below). High percentages are shaded and low percentages stippled.
Source: From London et al. (1989).
