NOAA-14 AVHRR NRL Cloud Classification Product

The NOAA POES AVHRR NRL Cloud Classification Product (JPG) is one of several satellite products collected as part of the Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus PhaseII: Entrainment Studies (DYCOMS-II) project field catalog operated by the National Center For Atmospheric Research/Earth Observing Laboratory (NCAR/EOL: http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dycoms). The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) utilizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) from the NOAA-14 satellite to develop cloud classifications. Two products are included in this data set. The five class product groups clouds into five classes labeled low, middle, high, vertical, and clear. The 11 class product groups clouds into 11 classes based on cloud types. The products cover the period from 1-31 July 2001 and cover varying portions of the western United States and Eastern Pacific Ocean. The products are available at NOAA-14 satellite overpass times which during DYCOMS-II were typically 1200-1500 UTC and 2300-0300 UTC. The products were acquired from the NRL.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2001-07-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2001-07-31T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2001-07-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2001-07-31T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 37.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 26.00000
Bounding Box West Long -127.00000
Bounding Box East Long -115.00000
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Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : readme_avhrr_cloudclass.txt
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Resource Format JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) (image/jpeg)
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Asset Size 6 MB
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Author Paul Tag
Rich Bankert
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2008-05-15T14:22:55
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/R7MG-JP59-5R0S
Alternate Identifier 68.013
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-12-26T23:47:55Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::68.013
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Paul Tag, Rich Bankert. (2008). NOAA-14 AVHRR NRL Cloud Classification Product. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/R7MG-JP59-5R0S. Accessed 11 February 2025.

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