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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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Datasets and variables

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


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

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (22.0)] :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: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:39:07 GMT

Data Views

SOURCES
NASA[GISS PO-DAAC GSFC ARC ASDC-DAAC IDS GPCP msu ISLSCP AVHRR-LST JPL ERBE NCCS_Dataserver GES_DISC GES-DAAC ISCCP ]
NASA GSFC[SED MERRA TOMS SPDF MERRA2 ]
NASA GSFC TOMS NIMBUS7 daily[ai uv ]
NASA ISCCP D2[cumulus_ice nimbostratus_ice cirrus middle_level lat altostratus_liquid deep_convective nimbostratus_liquid stratocumulus_ice stratus_liquid altocumulus_liquid high_level stratus_ice altostratus_ice stratocumulus_liquid lon surface low_level all cumulus_liquid cirrostratus altocumulus_ice ]