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NASA ISCCP D2 Altostratus, liquid
Altostratus, liquid from NASA ISCCP D2: Cloud characteristics, including amount, optical thickness, and cloud top pressure and temperature, for multiple cloud types from the the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project.Documents
| outline | an outline showing all sub-datasets and variables contained in this dataset |
Datasets and variables
| lat | NASA ISCCP D2 lat[ boxnum |] |
| lon | NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |] |
| Mean Cloud | NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_liquid mean_cloud[optthick
waterpath
press
amount
temp
] |
Independent Variables (Grids)
| boxnum | grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (6596.0) by 1.0 N= 6596 pts :grid |
| month (time) | grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 1983) to (Aug 2001) by 1.0 N= 218 pts :grid |
References
Rossow_etal1996Last updated: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT
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lon/lat dots NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_liquid[lat
lon
mean_cloud
] |