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NASA ISCCP D2 Cirrostratus

Cirrostratus 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 cirrostratus mean_cloud[optthick amount temp waterpath press ]

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: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

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NASA[NCCS_Dataserver GES-DAAC msu ARC ERBE AVHRR-LST PO-DAAC JPL GPCP IDS GES_DISC GISS GSFC ASDC-DAAC ISLSCP ISCCP ]
NASA GPCP[V3p2 V1B V2p3 V1DD V2 V2p2 V2p1 ]
NASA GPCP V2p2[SSMI_TOVS_composite TOVS multi-satellite OPI GPCC_gauge SSMI_emission SSMI_composite satellite-gauge AGPI SSMI_scattering GPI ]
NASA GPCP V2p2 satellite-gauge[prcp err ]
NASA GPCP V2p2[SSMI_TOVS_composite TOVS multi-satellite OPI GPCC_gauge SSMI_emission SSMI_composite satellite-gauge AGPI SSMI_scattering GPI ]
NASA ISCCP D2 cirrostratus[lon mean_cloud lat ]