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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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All Cloud Types NASA ISCCP D2 all[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Altocumulus, ice NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_ice[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Altocumulus, liquid NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Altostratus, ice NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_ice[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Altostratus, liquid NASA ISCCP D2 altostratus_liquid[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Cirrostratus NASA ISCCP D2 cirrostratus[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Cirrus NASA ISCCP D2 cirrus[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Cumulus, ice NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_ice[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Cumulus, liquid NASA ISCCP D2 cumulus_liquid[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Deep Convective NASA ISCCP D2 deep_convective[lon lat mean_cloud ]
High Level NASA ISCCP D2 high_level[lon lat mean_cloud ]
lat NASA ISCCP D2 lat[ boxnum |]
lon NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |]
Low Level NASA ISCCP D2 low_level[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Middle Level NASA ISCCP D2 middle_level[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Nimbostratus, ice NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_ice[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Nimbostratus, liquid NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_liquid[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Stratocumulus, ice NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_ice[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Stratocumulus, liquid NASA ISCCP D2 stratocumulus_liquid[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Stratus, ice NASA ISCCP D2 stratus_ice[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Stratus, liquid NASA ISCCP D2 stratus_liquid[lon lat mean_cloud ]
Surface NASA ISCCP D2 surface[lon lat ice ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered (1.) to (6596.) by 1. N= 6596 pts :grid
month grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 1983) to (Aug 2001) by 1. 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: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:02:14 GMT