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NASA ISCCP D2 All Cloud Types

All Cloud Types 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 lat[ boxnum |]
NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |]
NASA ISCCP D2 all mean_cloud[press optthick amount temp waterpath ]

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: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:39:07 GMT

Data Views

boxnumT
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_ice mean_cloud press[ boxnum T |]MM
NASA ISCCP D2 deep_convective[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 all[lat lon mean_cloud ]