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NASA ISCCP D2 Surface

Surface 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 surface ice[ boxnum T |]
NASA ISCCP D2 lat[ boxnum |]
NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |]

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

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