Data Library NASA ISCCP D2
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NASA ISCCP D2

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

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dataset documentation

Datasets and variables

D2 all[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 altocumulus_ice[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 altocumulus_liquid[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 altostratus_ice[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 altostratus_liquid[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 cirrostratus[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 cirrus[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 cumulus_ice[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 cumulus_liquid[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 deep_convective[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 high_level[lon mean_cloud lat ]


D2 low_level[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 middle_level[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 nimbostratus_ice[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 nimbostratus_liquid[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 stratocumulus_ice[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 stratocumulus_liquid[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 stratus_ice[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 stratus_liquid[lon mean_cloud lat ]
D2 surface[lon ice lat ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (6.0)] :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: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:39:07 GMT

Data Views

NASA ISCCP D2[nimbostratus_liquid stratus_liquid lat cumulus_liquid cumulus_ice stratocumulus_ice stratus_ice deep_convective nimbostratus_ice low_level altostratus_ice altostratus_liquid high_level cirrus lon altocumulus_ice surface altocumulus_liquid middle_level all stratocumulus_liquid cirrostratus ]