Articles | Volume 19, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13227-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13227-2019
Research article
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25 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 25 Oct 2019

Trends in surface radiation and cloud radiative effect at four Swiss sites for the 1996–2015 period

Stephan Nyeki, Stefan Wacker, Christine Aebi, Julian Gröbner, Giovanni Martucci, and Laurent Vuilleumier

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The trends of meteorological parameters and surface downward shortwave radiation (DSR) and downward longwave radiation (DLR) were analysed at four stations (between 370 and 3580 m a. s. l.) in Switzerland for the 1996–2015 period. Trends in DSR and DLR were positive during cloudy as well as clear conditions. The trend due to the influence of clouds decreased in magnitude, which implies a reduction in cloud cover and/or a change towards a different cloud type over the four Swiss sites.
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