Identification

Title

NASA International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) C2, 1983-1991

Alternative title(s)

ds742.1

Abstract

Monthly averages for each 3-hour period during a day, and monthly average for all data. News as of August 23, 1993: ISCCP Global Processing Center is changing the algorithm for cloud detection. The "old" algorithm which was used to generate C1 and C2 products so far will be replaced by the "new" algorithm. The new algorithm will improve the cloud detection in the polar regions. The production of "C" level products of the current and previous months will progress in parallel. It is expected to have 10-year (July 1983 to June 1994) ISCCP C products in Fall 1995. The C1 and C2 products using the "old" algorithm stops at the end of June 1991. Again, if you are interested in areas other than the polar regions (cutoff at about 55 latitude), little change of the cloudiness caused by using the new algorithm is expected.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds742.1/

protocol: https

applicationProfile: browser

name: Dataset Description

description: Related Link

function: information

https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds742.1/#!access

protocol: https

applicationProfile: browser

name: Data Access

description: Related Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

GRIDDING METHODS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2023-12-21

Keyword set

keyword value

ISCCP > International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2023-12-19

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2023-12-21

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1983-07-01

End position

1990-06-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

1991-04-02

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Use of this dataset is subject to UCAR's Terms of Use, except that commercial use is generally not prohibited.

Limitations on public access

Registration on the RDA web site is a requirement for access to the data.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive

full postal address

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder

80307

U.S.A.

telephone number

(303)-497-1833

facsimile number

303-497-1291

email address

chifan@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NCAR Research Data Archive

full postal address

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder

80307

U.S.A.

facsimile number

303-497-1291

email address

rdahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://rda.ucar.edu/

name: NCAR Research Data Archive

description: The Research Data Archive (RDA), managed by the Data Support Section (DSS) of the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NCAR, contains a large and diverse collection of meteorological and oceanographic observations, operational and reanalysis model outputs, and remote sensing datasets to support atmospheric and geosciences research, along with ancillary datasets, such as topography/bathymetry, vegetation, and land use.

function: downlaod

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-01-03T15:12:03-07:00

Metadata language