ISCCP_D2_1 | Climate Data Guide

Dataset Name

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format

Metadata Identifier

ISCCP_D2_1

Start Date

1983-07-01

End Date

2009-12-31

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ISCCP: International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

Years of record

1983-07 to 2009-12

The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) makes use of routine observations by operational weather satellites to provide a long-term (1983-2009), gridded, global record of cloud properties. ISCCP uses observations in the visible and infrared window portions of the spectrum to determine cloud optical thickness and cloud top temperature, from which the…
Main variables and Earth System components
Atmosphere Cloud Properties
Formats

binary, HDF, netCDF

Timestep

Climatology, Sub-daily, Monthly

Domain

Global

Collections

Diagnostic Data Sets, NCAR-DOE-CESM, atmosdiagnostics, Climate Analysis Section (CAS) Data Catalog
Experts contributing reviews

Pincus, Robert

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