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