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- CDIAC U.S. Historical Sunshine Observations, 1891-1984
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Steurer, P.M. and T.R. Karl, 1991: Historical Sunshine and Cloud
Data in the United States. ORNL/CDIAC-43, Carbon Dioxide Research
Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 99 pp..
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This dataset contains sunshine data for 240 U.S. stations (including
Puerto Rico and nine Pacific islands) for the years from 1891 to
1984. The periods of record for individual stations varies widely
with only 49 (20%) stations having periods of at least 90 years.
However, 192 stations (80%) have periods of at least 30 years.
In addition to the total monthly and annual measurements of sunshine
duration, total monthly and annual maximum possible sunshine
duration and monthly and annual percentages of possible sunshine
duration are also provided.
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