Research Article

Spatial and Temporal Features of the Frequency of Cloud Occurrence over China Based on CALIOP

Figure 5

(a) Horizontal distribution of the cloud top temperature of single-layer cloud over China and surrounding areas; (b) PDF of the cloud top temperature of single-layer cloud over Tibetan Plateau (TP) and East China (EA). The shaded part indicates that the surface elevation is above 3.1 km (680 hpa).
(a) Cloud top temperature (°C)
(b)