37e1193a2369aff54d22a40ac402030b English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 series series NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06T02:29:20 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Long Time Series of Global Thermal Infra-red Imagery of the Earth as part of the Cloud Archive User Service (CLAUS) Project 2002-12-10T03:03:01 publication 2002-12-10T03:03:01 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/37e1193a2369aff54d22a40ac402030b 37e1193a2369aff54d22a40ac402030b NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) Global Brightness Temperature imagery from the Cloud Archive User Service (CLAUS) project. This project produced a long time-series of global thermal infra-red imagery of the Earth using data from operational meteorological satellites, which was used in validating atmospheric General Circulation Models. The CLAUS archive currently spans the period 1st July 1983 - 30th June 2009. Responsibility for maintaining and updating the CLAUS archive resides with the Environmental Systems Science Centre (ESSC). The source data used in CLAUS are the level B3 (reduced resolution) 10 micron radiances from operational meteorological satellites participating in the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Programme (ISCCP) and were obtained from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (LASDC). During the CLAUS project the B3 data were processed to create a uniform latitude-longitude grid (or image) of Brightness Temperature (BT) values at a spatial resolution of 0.5 by 0.5 degrees and temporal resolution of three hours. Information at the grid point level about the satellites used in generating each BT image, and the type of interpolation applied, was held in two supplementary quality files. The B3 data were also rigorously quality controlled to remove residual noise and navigation/calibration errors that were noticed in the original processing. The 0.5 degree resolution data were updated and supplemented by a new product at one-third degree spatial resolution for use in process studies. These higher resolution data are also being used to create monthly animations for educational purposes. Environmental Systems Science Centre (ESSC) author unknown author Robinson, Gary Unavailable author Unavailable author NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk custodian NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact Hodges, Kevin Unavailable point_of_contact Unavailable pointofContact NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk publisher unknown series CLAUS cloud imagery temperature atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user. otherRestrictions Under the following licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 1983-06-30T23:00:00 2009-06-29T23:00:00 Contact data centre for format details. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/37e1193a2369aff54d22a40ac402030b CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/claus/doc/picture_gallery.html CLAUS Picture Gallery No further details. information http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/ The ISCCP Website No further details. information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/claus/doc/UserGuide.pdf CLAUS Data User Guide No further details. information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/claus/doc/status.html CLAUS Data Version History No further details. information series Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.