Data Library NASA ISCCP D2 Altocumulus, ice
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NASA ISCCP D2 Altocumulus, ice

Altocumulus, ice 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



NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice mean_cloud[temp amount press waterpath optthick ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (13.0)] :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: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT

Data Views

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NASA[GPCP GSFC GES-DAAC ARC JPL GISS ISLSCP ISCCP GES_DISC NCCS_Dataserver PO-DAAC AVHRR-LST msu ASDC-DAAC IDS ERBE ]
NASA GSFC[SPDF MERRA2 MERRA SED TOMS ]
NASA GSFC TOMS EPTOMS[daily monthly ]
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]