Table 1 Descriptive statistics of estimated atmospheric emissivity (dimensionless) for each model.

From: Assessment of atmospheric emissivity models for clear-sky conditions with reanalysis data

Model

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Average

Standard deviation

Variation coefficient (%)

Bastiaanssen

0.71

0.76

0.76

0.75

0.0083

1.1

Prata

0.67

0.85

0.71

0.72

0.0512

7.1

Idso

0.70

0.89

0.74

0.75

0.0480

6.4

Brutsaert

0.22

0.85

0.66

0.61

0.1701

28.1

Idso and Jackson

0.74

0.99

0.82

0.83

0.0737

8.9

Swinbank

0.37

0.89

0.68

0.66

0.1330

20.1

Brunt

0.61

0.83

0.69

0.69

0.0627

9.1

Angstrom

0.65

0.82

0.72

0.72

0.0602

8.3