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NASA ISCCP D2

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 all[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 cirrostratus[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 cirrus[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 deep_convective[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 high_level[lat lon mean_cloud ]


NASA ISCCP D2 low_level[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 middle_level[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 stratus_ice[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 stratus_liquid[lat lon mean_cloud ]
NASA ISCCP D2 surface[lat lon ice ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered [ (2.0)] :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: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

Data Views

SOURCES
NASA[msu GES_DISC IDS ERBE GPCP ASDC-DAAC ARC GSFC JPL AVHRR-LST ISLSCP GISS GES-DAAC ISCCP NCCS_Dataserver PO-DAAC ]
NASA GPCP[V1DD V2p1 V2 V1B V2p2 V3p2 V2p3 ]
NASA GPCP V2p2[SSMI_composite AGPI SSMI_scattering GPI SSMI_TOVS_composite TOVS multi-satellite satellite-gauge OPI GPCC_gauge SSMI_emission ]
NASA GPCP V2p2 satellite-gauge[prcp err ]
NASA GPCP V2p2[SSMI_composite AGPI SSMI_scattering GPI SSMI_TOVS_composite TOVS multi-satellite satellite-gauge OPI GPCC_gauge SSMI_emission ]
NASA ISCCP[D2 ]
NASA GPCP V2p2 SSMI_composite[nsamp prcp source ]
NASA ISCCP D2[altostratus_liquid low_level altostratus_ice nimbostratus_liquid lat cirrostratus altocumulus_liquid cirrus altocumulus_ice nimbostratus_ice high_level cumulus_liquid cumulus_ice stratocumulus_ice stratocumulus_liquid lon surface stratus_ice stratus_liquid deep_convective all middle_level ]