dataset: NASA ISCCP D2

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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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dataset documentation

Datasets and variables

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

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: Tue, 19 May 2015 12:22:25 GMT

Data Views

SOURCES

NASA[GISS GSFC GPCP ISCCP JPL msu ISLSCP PO-DAAC GES-DAAC ERBE NCCS_Dataserver AVHRR-LST ARC ASDC-DAAC IDS GES_DISC ]

NASA GSFC[MERRA SPDF TOMS SED MERRA2 ]

NASA GSFC TOMS NIMBUS7[monthly daily ]

NASA GSFC MERRA[Anl_TurbFlux_2D Anl_StdLev Anl_Const_2D Anl_SigmaLev Anl_MonoLev ]

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