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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 lat[ boxnum |]
NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |]
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice mean_cloud[amount press temp optthick waterpath ]

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: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:39:07 GMT

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NASA[msu ARC NCCS_Dataserver GES_DISC ISCCP GISS GSFC IDS GPCP AVHRR-LST JPL GES-DAAC PO-DAAC ERBE ASDC-DAAC ISLSCP ]
NASA GSFC[SPDF MERRA TOMS SED MERRA2 ]
NASA GSFC TOMS[OMI EPTOMS NIMBUS7 ]
NASA GPCP V1B[multi-satellite gauge satellite-gauge SSMI_combined GPI SSMI_scattering AGPI SSMI_emission ]
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice[lon mean_cloud lat ]