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March 20, 1974Journal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresOpen Access

The beta distribution: A statistical model for world cloud cover

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Cloud region location map for worldwide cloud cover data Beta distributions with different parameter values . . . . . . . .

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L. W. Falls (1974) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20dc2e76382611e5180c14 https://doi.org/10.1029/jc079i009p01261

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