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NASA ISCCP D2 Altocumulus, liquid

altocumulus_liquid Altocumulus, liquid 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 altocumulus_liquid mean_cloud[amount optthick waterpath press temp ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (23.0)] :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: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT

Data Views

boxnumT
NASA ISCCP D2[stratocumulus_liquid cirrostratus altocumulus_liquid altostratus_ice altostratus_liquid stratus_ice stratocumulus_ice lon surface deep_convective nimbostratus_ice low_level all cirrus altocumulus_ice high_level middle_level nimbostratus_liquid cumulus_liquid cumulus_ice lat stratus_liquid ]
NASA ISCCP D2 all mean_cloud amount[ boxnum T |]SM
NASA ISCCP D2 high_level[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]