The table below shows two examples for one time. ALL DATA POINTS compares all colocated GOES 8 and GOES 10 cloud estimates. EDITED compares only samples where both satellites indicate cloud.
ALL DATA POINTS
COMPARISON OF GOES-8 vs GOES-10
CLOUD TOP PRESSURE (ALL DATA POINTS)
X AND Y AVERAGE 793.02 795.80
X AND Y SIGMA 290.00 295.39
AVERAGE ERR = 2.78
STND DEV OF ERR = 60.61
ROOT-MEAN ERR = 60.67
SCATTER ERR = 60.60
N= 40
CORR COEFF = 0.98
EFFECTIVE CLOUD AMOUNT (ALL DATA POINTS)
X AND Y AVERAGE 26.35 23.48
X AND Y SIGMA 36.82 33.40
AVERAGE ERR = -2.88
STND DEV OF ERR = 24.83
ROOT-MEAN ERR = 24.99
SCATTER ERR = 21.93
N= 40
CORR COEFF = 0.75
EDITED
COMPARISON OF GOES-8 vs GOES-10
CLOUD TOP PRESSURE (EDITED)
X AND Y AVERAGE 786.84 787.03
X AND Y SIGMA 295.31 300.30
AVERAGE ERR = 0.19
STND DEV OF ERR = 49.99
ROOT-MEAN ERR = 49.99
SCATTER ERR = 49.99
N= 38
CORR COEFF = 0.99
EFFECTIVE CLOUD AMOUNT (EDITED)
X AND Y AVERAGE 25.11 22.37
X AND Y SIGMA 35.56 32.34
AVERAGE ERR = -2.74
STND DEV OF ERR = 13.35
ROOT-MEAN ERR = 13.63
SCATTER ERR = 12.13
N= 38
CORR COEFF = 0.93