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ISCCP

ISCCP: Cloudiness and solar radiation data from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project.

Documents

overviewan outline showing sub-datasets of this dataset
dataset documentation
ISCCP D2superceeded by ISCCP D2
see alsoGEDEX ISCCP datafiles

Datasets and variables

derived ISCCP derived[srb ]
derivederbegrid ISCCP derivederbegrid[srb ]
Fitted ISCCP Fitted[srb ]
MEAN ISCCP MEAN[cld ]
MONTHLY ISCCP MONTHLY[lowcloud solr cld ]
OLD ISCCP OLD[solr derived ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 1983) to (Jun 1991) by 1. N= 96 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (178.75W) to (178.75E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75S) to (88.75N) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid

Other Info

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iridl:WCRP

References

Seager, R., M. Benno. Blumenthal. Modeling tropical Pacific sea surface temperature with satellite-derived solar radiative forcing. J. Climate, 1994

J. K. B. Bishop, W. B. Rossow. Spatial and temporal variability of global surface solar irradiance. J. Geophys. Res. 96, 1991

Last updated: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:58:22 GMT