Data Library Finding Data Tutorial Questions & Answers Function Documentation NASA ISCCP D2 dataset help@iri

This page describes and gives options for manipulating the NASA ISCCP D2 dataset. We start with the options for manipulating, because once you are comfortable with the system, they are the most useful.

Dataset Options

NASA ISCCP D2 options	Help	Expert Mode
	Data Selection	Data Files	Tables

Help/Terse

switches back and forth between this relatively descriptive page that contains extended explanations, and the page that just has the information.

Expert Mode

switches into a mode that lets you access several datasets at the same time, and enter data-manipulating commands directly as text rather than clicking on a series of pages.

When in Expert Mode there is a list of active datasets at the top of the page, followed by a text window containing the command equivalent of the current page. These commands can be edited or extended.

Views

(the icons that show different views) go to an interactive data viewer that let you view the data with a variety of plot types (including colors and contours), zoom in and out, and select different slices and different variables. You can also save the view in a variety of formats, including as a clickable link in your own html document, as well as extract the data in the view as a table or datafile.

Data Selection

lets you pick out a subset of the full dataset. You should try the interactive data viewer first.

Data Files

lets you download the dataset in your choice of format.

Tables

lets you view the data as a table. A number of formatting options are available.

Dataset Description

SOURCES

NASA

ISCCP

D2* [map]

As you go from left to right, the datasets listed get more and more specific, ending with the current dataset, NASA ISCCP D2. Datasets with documentation are marked (*): the * links to the documentation directly.

NASA ISCCP D2

Locations

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Domain is by centered at [180, 0]. Label points by ... no labels boxnum lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon lat lon

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Click on map to select data; change the Zoom menu to zoom in as well.

Documents

outline

shows all the different parts of this dataset (the parts are datasets and variables, see below).

dataset documentation

Datasets and variables

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

Grids

References