Identification

Title

Maldives KCO All Sky Camera Imagery

Alternative title(s)

22.050

Abstract

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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/22.050

protocol: https

name: Maldives KCO All Sky Camera Imagery homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=22.050

protocol: https

name: Maldives KCO All Sky Camera Imagery Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

22.050

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

Maps/Charts/Photographs

Keyword set

keyword value

Surface

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

50.00000

East bounding longitude

100.00000

North bounding latitude

25.00000

South bounding latitude

-25.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1999-02-19T00:00:00Z

End position

1999-03-31T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-05-17T09:08:45Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

full postal address

Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate 9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla

92093-0221

telephone number

(858) 822-0297

email address

jlobert@ucsd.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:50:12Z

Metadata language