| Cloud amount |
New Empirical Formula |
Lind et al (1984) |
Gopala Reddy (1987) |
Dobson and Smith (1988) |
Gopala Reddy and Sree Ram (2000) |
| |
RMS* |
SD** |
RMS |
SD |
RMS |
SD |
RMS |
SD |
RMS |
SD |
| 0 |
0.03 |
0.002 |
0.157 |
0.012 |
0.085 |
0.007 |
0.097 |
0.006 |
- |
- |
| 1 |
0.047 |
0.004 |
0.087 |
0.007 |
0.05 |
0.004 |
0.127 |
0.014 |
0.067 |
0.01 |
| 2 |
0.072 |
0.006 |
0.101 |
0.016 |
0.081 |
0.009 |
0.172 |
0.031 |
- |
- |
| 3 |
0.077 |
0.006 |
0.101 |
0.014 |
0.121 |
0.021 |
0.198 |
0.048 |
- |
- |
| 4 |
0.075 |
0.007 |
0.102 |
0.009 |
0.088 |
0.011 |
0.173 |
0.028 |
0.178 |
0.041 |
| 5 |
0.084 |
0.009 |
0.19 |
0.026 |
0.112 |
0.012 |
0.134 |
0.026 |
0.138 |
0.023 |
| 6 |
0.103 |
0.011 |
0.139 |
0.019 |
0.112 |
0.011 |
0.174 |
0.033 |
0.121 |
0.014 |
| 7 |
0.103 |
0.012 |
0.178 |
0.042 |
0.281 |
0.078 |
0.178 |
0.042 |
- |
- |
| 8 |
0.066 |
0.004 |
0.106 |
0.014 |
0.126 |
0.019 |
0.072 |
0.005 |
- |
- |
|
