NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds clouds cld_tppr: Mean Cloud Top Pressure data

clouds Mean Cloud Top Pressure from NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including radiation and cloud properties.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1987) to (Dec 1988) by 1.0 N= 24 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5N) to (89.5S) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid

Other Info

missing_value
-99.0
scale_min
10
units
millibars
standard units*
100 kilogram meter-1 second-2

References

Rossow, W.B., L.C. Garder, P.J. Lu and A.W. Walker, 1991. International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Documentation of Cloud Data. WMO/TD-No. 266 (revised), World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 76 pp. plus three appendices.

W. B. Rossow, R. A. Schiffer. ISCCP cloud data products. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc. 72, 1991

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