Maldives KCO All Sky Camera Imagery

This data set is a collection of 17140 daytime cloud images taken with a Total Sky Imager (TSI; Yankee Environmental Systems) at the Kaashidhoo Climate Observatory (KCO) in the Maldives, during the 1999 INDOEX intensive field phase. The data set starts on 19 February 1999 at 10:43:39 Universal Time and ends on 31 March 1999 at 13:08:33 UT. KCO is located at 4.9664 degrees N and 73.4657 degrees E, the TSI was mounted about 5 m above sea level (mean elevation of the site is about 0.5-1.0 m) on the rooftop of the accommodation house.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1999-02-19T00:00:00Z
    End:  1999-03-31T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1999-02-19T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 1999-03-31T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 25.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -25.00000
Bounding Box West Long 50.00000
Bounding Box East Long 100.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : cld_imgs_cd.txt
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Resource Format TAR/GNU Zip (.tar.gz/.tgz) (application/x-gzip)
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Asset Size 360 MB
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Author Jurgen M. Lobert
V. Ramanathan
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2011-05-17T09:08:45
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/CW87-N8ZW-E409
Alternate Identifier 22.050
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:50:12Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::22.050
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Jurgen M. Lobert, V. Ramanathan. (2011). Maldives KCO All Sky Camera Imagery. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/CW87-N8ZW-E409. Accessed 18 September 2024.

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