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.
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid mean_cloud[temppressamountoptthickwaterpath
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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.
NASA ISCCP D2[altostratus_liquidstratus_liquidnimbostratus_liquidaltocumulus_liquidlatstratocumulus_liquidstratocumulus_icestratus_icecumulus_liquidhigh_levelaltostratus_icecumulus_icealtocumulus_icesurfacecirruslondeep_convectivemiddle_levelnimbostratus_icelow_levelcirrostratusall
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NASA ISCCP D2 all mean_cloud temp[ boxnum T |]
M
M
NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_liquid[lonmean_cloudlat
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NASA ISCCP D2 low_level[lonmean_cloudlat
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/cptv10
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid[latlonmean_cloud
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data as colors
data as contours
data as line
lon/lat dots
NASA ISCCP D2[altostratus_liquid
stratus_liquid
nimbostratus_liquid
altocumulus_liquid
lat
stratocumulus_liquid
stratocumulus_ice
stratus_ice
cumulus_liquid
high_level
altostratus_ice
cumulus_ice
altocumulus_ice
surface
cirrus
lon
deep_convective
middle_level
nimbostratus_ice
low_level
cirrostratus
all
]
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid[lat
lon
mean_cloud
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