Earth:Cloud fraction

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Cloud fraction is the percentage of each pixel in satellite imagery or each grid box in a weather or climate model that is covered with clouds. A cloud fraction of one means the pixel is completely covered with clouds, while a cloud fraction of zero represents a totally cloud free pixel.[1] Cloud fraction is important for the modeling of downward radiation.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cloud Fraction NASA Earth Observatory, January 2005.
  2. ↑ L. Chen, G. Yan, T. Wang, H. Ren, J. Calbó, J. Zhao, R. McKenzie (2012), Estimation of surface shortwave radiation components under all sky conditions: Modeling and sensitivity analysis, Remote Sensing of Environment, 123: 457–469.




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