Data Library D2 Deep Convective
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D2 Deep Convective

Deep Convective 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.

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Datasets and variables



D2 deep_convective mean_cloud[waterpath press optthick temp amount ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (1.0)] :grid
month (time) grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 1983) to (Aug 2001) by 1.0 N= 218 pts :grid
history
D2 selected using masknotrangeperiodic [ ( NASA ISCCP D2 lon ) , -180 , 180 , 360 ]

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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