NASA ISCCP D2

Datasets and variables

All Cloud Types	NASA ISCCP D2 all[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Altocumulus, ice	NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Altocumulus, liquid	NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Altostratus, ice	NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_ice[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Altostratus, liquid	NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_liquid[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Cirrostratus	NASA ISCCP D2 cirrostratus[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Cirrus	NASA ISCCP D2 cirrus[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Cumulus, ice	NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_ice[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Cumulus, liquid	NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_liquid[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Deep Convective	NASA ISCCP D2 deep_convective[mean_cloud lat lon ]
High Level	NASA ISCCP D2 high_level[mean_cloud lat lon ]
lat	NASA ISCCP D2 lat[ boxnum |]
lon	NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |]
Low Level	NASA ISCCP D2 low_level[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Middle Level	NASA ISCCP D2 middle_level[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Nimbostratus, ice	NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_ice[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Nimbostratus, liquid	NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_liquid[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Stratocumulus, ice	NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_ice[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Stratocumulus, liquid	NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_liquid[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Stratus, ice	NASA ISCCP D2 stratus_ice[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Stratus, liquid	NASA ISCCP D2 stratus_liquid[mean_cloud lat lon ]
Surface	NASA ISCCP D2 surface[ice lat lon ]

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

Documents

outline

dataset documentation

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.