International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project: ISCCP-D1, ISCCP-D2 and ISCCP-C2 cloud products dataset collection
The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) was based at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. ISCCP was sponsored by the World Climate Research Programme for the purpose of "collecting and analyzing satellite radiance measurements to infer the global distribution of cloud radiative properties and their diurnal and seasonal variations".
This dataset collection contains the global three-hourly cloud products (ISCCP-D1), global monthly cloud products (ISCCP-D2), using the revised algorithm, at 280 km spatial resolution and and monthly cloud analysis products (ISCCP-C2) at 250 km spatial resolution.
There are more than 200 variables contained within the datasets.
Note - that that the temporal range of the datasets presented here are contain data available from the NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) covers the full extent available at the time of the dataset publication in the CEDA archives, begin in July 1983 and extend through to December 1999 (D1), 2006 (D2) and 1990 (C1). Fuller versions of the datasets are available from ASDC directly. These limited copies were obtained to aid researcher access within the UK community at the time.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-12-10T02:33:12
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-12-10T02:33:12
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 5890110c9f806a2fb14f9030898def43
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- ISCCP
- NASA
- cloud
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 1983-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2006-06-30T22:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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ISCCP Homepage
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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ISCCP-D1 Document Directory
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D1 List of variables
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- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D1 References
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- Resource Locator
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ISCCP Project Documents
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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ISCCP-D2 Docs Directory
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-C2 List of variables
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-C2 References
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- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D2 List of variables
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D2 References
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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ISCCP Homepage
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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ISCCP-D1 Document Directory
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D1 List of variables
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D1 References
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- Resource Locator
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ISCCP Project Documents
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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ISCCP-D2 Docs Directory
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-C2 List of variables
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- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-C2 References
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- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D2 List of variables
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- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D2 References
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- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 5890110c9f806a2fb14f9030898def43 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-25T01:05:48
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3