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NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds clouds

clouds from NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including radiation and cloud properties.

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cld
amnt
opth
path
tppr

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1987) to (Dec 1988) by 1. N= 24 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1. N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5N) to (89.5S) by 1. N= 180 pts :grid

References

Rossow, W.B., L.C. Garder, P.J. Lu and A.W. Walker, 1991. International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Documentation of Cloud Data. WMO/TD-No. 266 (revised), World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 76 pp. plus three appendices.

W. B. Rossow, R. A. Schiffer. ISCCP cloud data products. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc. 72, 1991

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