ISCCP Level 3
Entry Title: International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format
Entry ID: ISCCP_D2_1
Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
GOTO WEB TOOL
Goddard's Panoply - plots geo-gridded data from netCDF, HDF, GRIB datasets.
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- ISCCP New Algorithm: Summary of Changes
ALGORITHM DOCUMENTATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for ISCCP
- ISCCP D1 and D2 Langley Data Center Data Set Document
- ISCCP Project/Campaign Document for the Langley DAAC
- NCAR UCAR Climate Data Guide
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Article: "But the winds... but the spaces" By Annette Varani
- Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Article: Global Cloud Process Studies in the Context of Decadal Climate Variability: Enhancement and Continuation of Data Analysis for the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP)
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Shadows of Doubt - Monitoring Cloud Effects
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Stars, Clouds, Crops
MICRO ARTICLE
- ISCCP Data Products List
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
- ISCCP D2 Data Set Readme
READ-ME
- Readme to read ISCCP D2 HDF Formatted Data Files - Direct File Download (.c)
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- REFLECTANCE
- ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- CLOUD TYPES
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SNOW COVER
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
- CLOUD PRECIPITABLE WATER > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- Cloud Process Studies
- GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies)
- Grid Data
- Hourly Data
- ISCCP Cloud Analysis Products
- Precipitable Water
- Radiance
- Surface Reflectance
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL BOUNDARY LAYER TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2009-12-31
Temporal Resolution: Monthly
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12
GOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerGOES I-M IMAGER
ImagerVISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
RadiometerNational Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RadiometerAVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Radiometer
INSAT
Indian National Satellite
VHRR
Very High Resolution Radiometer
Radiometer
MTSAT-1R
Multi-functional Transport Satellite 1 Replacement
JAMI
Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager
ImagerSEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
ImagerSEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
ImagerMVIRI
Meteosat Visible Infra-Red Imager
ImagerInstruments not applicable.
Instruments not applicable.
Instruments not applicable.
Instruments not applicable.
Instruments not applicable.
Metadata Dates
Created on 1999-05-07
Last updated on 2022-10-25