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


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

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (8.0)] :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: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

Data Views

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