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NASA ISCCP D2 Middle Level

middle_level Middle 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.

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Datasets and variables



NASA ISCCP D2 middle_level mean_cloud[temp press amount ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (18.0)] :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: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT

Data Views

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