Stratus, ice 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 stratus_ice mean_cloud[pressoptthickamounttempwaterpath
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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[cumulus_liquidlow_levelmiddle_levelstratocumulus_liquidstratus_icecirrostratussurfacealtostratus_liquidaltocumulus_liquidaltostratus_icecumulus_icehigh_levellondeep_convectiveallstratus_liquidnimbostratus_icealtocumulus_icestratocumulus_icelatnimbostratus_liquidcirrus
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NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice mean_cloud press[ boxnum T |]
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M
NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_ice[mean_cloudlatlon
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