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[lat lon ice ]

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

Data Views

SOURCES

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

NASA GSFC[MERRA2 MERRA SED SPDF TOMS ]

NASA GSFC TOMS[NIMBUS7 OMI EPTOMS ]

NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds[mth_3hr mth_mean erbe_alb clouds ]

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