Climatological Data for Clouds Over the Globe from Surface Observations

Total cloud cover and cloud type amounts over both land and ocean, based on data from FNOC and COADS.

Superseded by the Extended Edited Synoptic Cloud Report Archive. See RELATED DATASETS below.

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  • Chi-Fan Shih
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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1930-01
    End:  1983-11

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1930-01
Temporal Range End 1983-11
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : Climate Atlas of Clouds Over Land and Ocean at the University of Washington
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 92.00 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Chi-Fan Shih
Resource Support Email chifan@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author Hahn, Carole J.
Warren, Stephen G.
London, Julius
Jenne, Roy L.
Chervin, Robert M.
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1987-08-24
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/4314-7257
Alternate Identifier d292000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-08-04T02:10:53Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::d292000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Hahn, Carole J., Warren, Stephen G., London, Julius, Jenne, Roy L., Chervin, Robert M.. (1987). Climatological Data for Clouds Over the Globe from Surface Observations. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/4314-7257. Accessed 25 November 2024.

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