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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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Date (Publication)
2002-12-10T02:33:12
Date (Creation)
2002-12-10T02:33:12
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5890110c9f806a2fb14f9030898def43
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 5890110c9f806a2fb14f9030898def43
Author
  International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) - author
Author
  NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA GISS) - author
USA
Author
  Unavailable - Rossow, William B. ( author )
Custodian
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
pointofContact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
pointofContact
  ISCCP Archive Contact Center - point_of_contact
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Climate Services Division / Satellite Services Group, , Federal Building, Room 120, 151 Patton Avenue, , Asheville, NC , 28801-5001 , USA
(704)271-4800
pointofContact
  Langley Distributed Active Archive Center - point_of_contact
Publisher
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Update scope
series Series
Keywords
  • ISCCP
  • NASA
  • cloud
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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.
Other constraints
Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, 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.
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1983-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2006-06-30T22:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
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Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
OnLine resource
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource
ISCCP Homepage

No further details.

OnLine resource
ISCCP-D1 Document Directory

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OnLine resource
BADC Doc: ISCCP-D1 List of variables

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BADC Doc: ISCCP-D1 References

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ISCCP Project Documents

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ISCCP-D2 Docs Directory

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OnLine resource
BADC Doc: ISCCP-C2 List of variables

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OnLine resource
BADC Doc: ISCCP-C2 References

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OnLine resource
BADC Doc: ISCCP-D2 List of variables

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OnLine resource
BADC Doc: ISCCP-D2 References

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series Series

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
File identifier
5890110c9f806a2fb14f9030898def43 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Hierarchy level
series Series
Hierarchy level name
series
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:26:19
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
atmospheric conditions

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