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ISCCP Data and Information |
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) focuses on the distribution and variation of cloud radiative properties to improve the understanding of the effects of clouds on climate, the radiation budget, and the long-term global hydrologic cycle.
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| Data Set Name (Select name to order) |
Resolution | Monthly Volume | Sample Software | Readme Files | Parameter(s) | Temporal Coverage |
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| Reduced Radiances ISCCP_B3_NAT |
30km pixels, 3-hourly | 1.1 Gbytes globally | B3 (Fortran) | B3 for linux (Fortran) | B3 kind (Fortran) | B3 module (Fortran) |
Readme B3_NAT | Radiance | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 |
| Pixel Level Product ISCCP_DX_NAT |
30km pixels, 3-hourly | 5 Gbytes | DX (Fortran) | DX for linux (Fortran) | Readme DX_NAT | DX parameters list | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 |
| Pixel Level Product ISCCP_DX |
30km pixels, 3-hourly, zipped per day | 5 Gbytes | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 | |||
| Gridded Product ISCCP_D1_NAT |
280km equal-area grid, 3-hourly, global | 320 Mbytes | D1_NAT (Fortran) | Readme D1_NAT | D1 parameters list | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 |
| Gridded Product ISCCP_D1 |
280km equal-area grid, 3-hourly, global | 320 Mbytes | D1 (Fortran) | D1 HDF (C) | Readme D1 | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 | |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_D2_NAT | CD-ROMs (3 volumes) |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global | 7.5 Mbytes | D2_NAT (Fortran) | Readme D2_NAT | D2 parameters list | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_D2 |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global | 7.5 Mbytes | D2 (Fortran) | D2 HDF(C). | Readme D2 | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 | |
| Merged Ice and Snow ISCCP_ICESNOW_NAT |
112km equal-area grid, 5-day interval, global |
120 Mbytes | ICESNOW (C) | Readme ICESNOW | Sea Ice, Ice Cover, Snow Cover | 07/01/1983-12/31/2009 |
| Atmospheric Profiles ISCCP_TOVS_NAT |
280km equal-area grid, daily and monthly, global | 120 Mbytes | TOVS (C) | TOVS (Fortran) | Readme TOVS | Cloud Amount, Cloud Top Pressure, Ozone, Precipitable Water Profiles, Surface Pressure, Surface Temperature, Temperature Profiles, Tropopause Pressure, Tropopause Temperature | 12/01/1980-12/31/2009 |
| Gridded Product ISCCP_C1_NAT Contact User Services |
280km equal-area grid, 3-hourly, global | 216 Mbytes | C1 Native | io.c | gbytes.c. | Readme C1_NAT | C1 parameters list | 07/1983-06/1991 |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_C2_NAT Contact User Services |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global | 4 Mbytes | C2 Native | Readme C2_NAT | C2 parameters list | 07/1983-06/1991 |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_C2 Contact User Services. |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global | 4 Mbytes | C2 HDF (Fortran) | C2 HDF (C) | Readme C2_HDF | 07/1983-06/1991 |
