Cloud fraction

Cloud fraction

Cloud fraction is the percentage of each pixel in satellite imagery or each gridbox 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]

References

  1. ^ Cloud Fraction NASA Earth Observatory, January 2005.

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