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NASA ISCCP D2 Altocumulus, liquid

Altocumulus, liquid 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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lat NASA ISCCP D2 lat[ boxnum |]
lon NASA ISCCP D2 lon[ boxnum |]
Mean Cloud NASA ISCCP D2 altocumulus_liquid mean_cloud[temp amount optthick press waterpath ]

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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: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:14:21 GMT