A METHOD TO DETERMINE THE CLOUD AMOUNT

Citation
Pp. Anikin et Om. Izakova, A METHOD TO DETERMINE THE CLOUD AMOUNT, Izvestia Akademii nauk. Rossijskaa akademia nauk. Fizika atmosfery iokeana, 30(2), 1994, pp. 254-257
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences",Oceanografhy
ISSN journal
10236317
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
254 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
1023-6317(1994)30:2<254:AMTDTC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Sky brightness in zenith was measured at 0.37 mum and 0.74 mum wavelen gths. A method to determine the cloud amount based on these measuremen ts is suggested. A comparison is given of visual and instrumental eval uations of cloud amounts.