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Articles | Volume 13
Articles | Volume 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-13-37-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-13-37-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13
29 Mar 2016
 | 29 Mar 2016

The impact of clouds, land use and snow cover on climate in the Canadian Prairies

Alan K. Betts, Raymond L. Desjardins, and Devon E. Worth

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Since 1953, the 15 climate stations on the Canadian Prairie have made unique hourly observations of opaque reflective cloud, as well as temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation and snow depth. These observations have shown that snow cover cools the local climate by 10 °C, and transforms how clouds drive the daily cycle of temperature and humidity. The replacement of summer fallow by intensive cropping has cooled and moistened the growing season climate and increased summer precipitation.
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