data: NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds clouds cld

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NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds clouds cld_amnt: Avg. Freq. of Cloudy Pixels data

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

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time): grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1987) to (Dec 1988) by 1.0 N= 24 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude): grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude): grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5N) to (89.5S) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid

Other Info

missing_value: -99.0
scale_max: 100
scale_min: 0
units: percent
standard units*: 0.01

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

Last updated: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:15:59 GMT

Data Views

	T	X	Y
NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds clouds cld_amnt[ X Y \| T]	M	M	M

Filters

Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There are actually many more available, but they have to be entered manually. See Ingrid Function Documentation for more information.

Monthly Climatology calculates a monthly climatology by averaging over all years.
anomalies calculates the difference between the (above) monthly climatology and the original data.
Integrate along X Y T
Differentiate along X Y T
Take differences along X Y T