Long Term Monitoring and Connection between Topography and Cloud Cover Distribution in Serbia
| Autor: | Ljiljana Stričević, Nikola Bačević, Cezar Morar, Nataša Martić Bursać, Tin Lukić, Igor Žiberna, Milena Gocić, Uroš Durlević, Dušan Kićović, Ivica Milevski, Jelena Golijanin, Liudmyla Niemets, Jelena Živković, Aleksandar Valjarević |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Atmospheric Science 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Cloud cover 0208 environmental biotechnology Cloud seeding Distribution (economics) cloud cover 02 engineering and technology Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 01 natural sciences remote sensing GIS topography statistics Meteorology. Climatology Weather satellite 0105 earth and related environmental sciences business.industry 020801 environmental engineering Long term monitoring Climatology Environmental science Satellite Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer Winter season QC851-999 business |
| Zdroj: | Atmosphere, Vol 12, Iss 964, p 964 (2021) Atmosphere Volume 12 Issue 8 |
| ISSN: | 2073-4433 |
| Popis: | The use of weather satellite recordings has been growing rapidly over the last three decades. Determining the patterns between meteorological and topographical features is an important scientific job. Cloud cover analysis and properties can be of the utmost significance for potential cloud seeding. Here, the analysis of the cloud properties was conducted by means of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite recordings. The resolution of used data was 1 km2 within the period of 30 years (1989–2019). This research showed moderate changing of cloudiness in the territory of Serbia with a high cloudiness in February, followed by cloudiness in January and November. For the past three decades, May has been the month with the highest cloudiness. The regions in the east and south-west, and particularly in the west, have a high absolute cloudiness, which is connected with the high elevation of the country. By means of long term monitoring, the whole territory of Serbia was analyzed for the first time, in terms of cloudiness. Apart from the statistical and numerical results obtained, this research showed a connection between relief and clouds, especially in the winter season. Linear regression MK (Mann-Kendall test) has proven this theory right, connecting high elevation sides with high absolute cloudiness through the year. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
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