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NASA ISCCP D2 Deep Convective

deep_convective Deep Convective 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 deep_convective mean_cloud[optthick press waterpath temp amount ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (10.0)] :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: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

Data Views

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