Analysis of Diurnal variability of Cloud Properties Using EPIC

Clouds are a dynamic feature of the Earth's system and its properties are determined not only by their location but also by the time of observation. An analysis of the time average properties of clouds provides information about what time of the day is more representative for daily averages and the error incurred when only one snapshot is available each day. Daily, monthly and seasonal averages are determined for different locations to compare the geo-temporal effects of averaging EPIC datasets. Cloud properties are very important for atmospheric modeling and the quantification of daily averages could provide a better specification of the Earth's atmosphere than using a dataset measured always at the same time of the day.