Data Library NASA ISCCP D2 Surface
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NASA ISCCP D2 Surface

surface Surface 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 surface ice 8.0[ boxnum T |]


Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (8.0)] :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[high_level altocumulus_ice altostratus_ice lon surface nimbostratus_ice stratus_liquid deep_convective stratocumulus_liquid stratocumulus_ice all nimbostratus_liquid cirrus cumulus_ice cumulus_liquid low_level middle_level stratus_ice lat cirrostratus altocumulus_liquid altostratus_liquid ]
NASA ISCCP D2 all mean_cloud temp[ boxnum T |]SM
NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 surface[lat lon ice ]