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NASA ISCCP D2 Low Level

Low Level 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.

Documents

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Datasets and variables

NASA ISCCP D2 lat[ boxnum |]
NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |]
NASA ISCCP D2 low_level mean_cloud[press temp amount ]

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: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT

Data Views

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