On the relation between cloud cover amount and sunshine duration |
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| Authors: | Khaled S Essa Soad M Etman |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, NRC, AEA, Cairo, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | Summary The total cloud cover is deduced from measurements of monthly mean averages of the percent of possible sunshine duration at three locations in Egypt, Cairo, Bahtim and Sedi-Barrani stations during the period 1987–1995. This sunshine-derived total cloud cover (Cs) is compared to conventional ground-based observations of total cloud covers (Cg) made by meteorological observers. A linear relationship between the two estimates is calculated, and the difference between the two estimates as a function of Cs and Cg is fitted with a least-squares linear equation. It is found that on the average the sunshine-derived values of total cloud cover are about 7% lower than the corresponding ground-based estimated of total cloud cover. Both of these parameters are mainly used in solar radiation models and the error sources are mainly depending upon the way to describe sky cover. |
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