CONUS and sub-regional monthly cloudiness supporting for the trend analysis: "CONUS Cloud Pattern Change 1980-2020" Vo T.T., Hu L., Xue L., Chen S. (2024)

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The dataset supporting for the publication: "CONUS Cloud Pattern Change 1980-2020" Vo T.T., Hu L., Xue L., Chen S. (2024), Journal of Climate.&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>The data format is in tabular form (.csv, comma delimited). Each row is the <strong>monthly </strong>aggregated for <strong>each </strong>sub-region&nbsp; More specifically, the description of each column with associated with its unit formatted in the table are listed as follows: <ul> <li><strong>datetime</strong>: time of the observation (formatted as month/day/year)</li> <li><strong>original_time_series</strong>: original cloud coverage before processing using the trend analysis mentioned in the paper (unit: percentage, %)</li> <li><strong>enso_neutral</strong>: cloud coverage removing the ENSO effect using linear regression method followed by Gu and Adler 2011 (unit: percentage, %)</li> <li><strong>cloud_coverage</strong>: cloud coverage removing the ENSO effect and seasonality and remainder (refer to the cloud coverage used in the manuscript) using Seasonal Decomposition of Time Series by Loess (STL) method (unit: percentage, %)</li> <li><strong>region_name_list</strong>: name of the sub-region</li> <li><strong>cloud_type</strong>: certain cloud type (all clouds refers to total clouds)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span>References:&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Gu, G., &amp; Adler, R. F. (2011). Precipitation and temperature variations on the interannual time scale: Assessing the impact of ENSO and volcanic eruptions. <em>Journal of Climate</em>, <em>24</em>(9), 2258&ndash;2270. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3727.1</p> <p>Cleveland, R. B., Cleveland, W. S., &amp; Terpenning, I. (1990). STL: A Seasonal-Trend Decomposition Procedure Based on Loess. <em>Journal of Official Statistics</em>, <em>6</em>(1), 3. http://ezproxy.montevallo.edu:2048/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/stl-seasonal-trend-decomposition-procedure-based/docview/1266805989/se-2?accountid=12538</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>