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D2 Cirrus
Cirrus 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 | D2 cirrus mean_cloud[temp
optthick
press
amount
waterpath
] |
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, W.B., A.W. Walker, D.E. Beuschel, and M.D. Roiter, 1996: International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Documentation of New Cloud Datasets. WMO/TD-No. 737, World Meteorological Organization, 115 pp.
Last updated: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT
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lon/lat dots D2 cirrus[mean_cloud
lat
lon
] |