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Some new worldwide cloud-cover modelsUsing daily measurements of day and night infrared, and incoming and absorbed solar radiation obtained from a Tiros satellite over a period of approximately 45 months, and integrated over 2.5 deg latitude-longitude grids, the proportion of cloud cover over each grid each day was derived for the entire period. For each of four 3-month periods, for each grid location, estimates a and b of the two parameters of the best-fit beta distribution were obtained. The (a, b) plane was divided into a number of regions. All the geographical locations whose (a, b) estimates were in the same region in the (a, b) plane were said to have the same cloud cover type for that season. For each season, the world is thus divided into separate cloud-cover types.
Document ID
19810049597
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bean, S. J.
(University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, United States)
Somerville, P. N.
(Central Florida, University Orlando, Fla., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Meteorology
Volume: 20
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
81A34001
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-33071
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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