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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.

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Datasets and variables

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

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

Data Views

SOURCES
NASA[msu ISLSCP PO-DAAC ERBE GES-DAAC AVHRR-LST GES_DISC ASDC-DAAC IDS GISS GSFC JPL GPCP ARC ISCCP NCCS_Dataserver ]
NASA GSFC[TOMS MERRA SPDF SED MERRA2 ]
NASA GSFC TOMS EPTOMS[daily monthly ]
NASA GSFC SED[TISL ]
NASA ISCCP D2[cumulus_liquid low_level surface cumulus_ice altocumulus_liquid lon middle_level cirrus high_level altostratus_liquid deep_convective all nimbostratus_ice stratocumulus_liquid altostratus_ice altocumulus_ice nimbostratus_liquid cirrostratus lat stratus_liquid stratocumulus_ice stratus_ice ]