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ISCCP Data Sets |
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) focuses on the distribution and variation of cloud radiative properties to improve the understanding of the effects of clouds on climate, the radiation budget, and the long-term global hydrologic cycle.
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| Data Set Name & Access Data |
Resolution & Monthly Volume | Sample Software | Readme Files | Parameter(s) | Temporal Coverage |
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| Reduced Radiances ISCCP_B3_NAT ASDC Web Order Tool. |
30km pixels, 3-hourly, organized by satellite 1.1 Gbytes globally |
B3 (Fortran) | B3 for linux (Fortran) | B3 kind (Fortran) | B3 module (Fortran). |
B3 software. | Radiance | 07/01/1983 - 06/30/2007 |
| Pixel Level Product ISCCP_DX_NAT ASDC Web Order Tool. |
30km pixels, 3-hourly, organized by satellite 5 Gbytes |
DX (Fortran) | DX for linux (Fortran). | DX software. | DX parameters list. | 07/01/1983 - 06/30/2007 |
| Pixel Level Product ISCCP_DX ASDC Web Order Tool. |
30km pixels, 3-hourly, zipped per day 5 Gbytes |
DX (Fortran) | DX for linux (Fortran). | DX software. | DX parameters list. | 07/01/1983 - 06/30/2006 |
| Gridded Product ISCCP_D1_NAT ASDC Web Order Tool. |
280km equal-area grid, 3-hourly, global 320 Mbytes |
D1 Fortran. | D1 native software. | D1 parameters list. | 07/01/1983 - 06/30/2007 |
| Gridded Product ISCCP_D1 ASDC Web Order Tool. |
280km equal-area grid, 3-hourly, global 320 Mbytes |
D1 (Fortran) | D1 HDF (C). | D1 software. | D1 parameters list. | 07/01/1983 - 06/30/2006 |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_D2_NAT CD-ROMs (3 volumes). ASDC Web Order Tool. |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global 7.5 Mbytes |
D2 (Fortran). | D2 native software. | D2 parameters list. | 07/01/1983 - 06/30/2007 |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_D2 ASDC Web Order Tool. |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global 7.5 Mbytes |
D2 (Fortran) | D2 HDF(C). | D2 software. | D2 parameters list. | 07/01/1983 - 06/30/2006 |
| Merged Ice and Snow ISCCP_ICESNOW_NAT ASDC Web Order Tool. |
112km equal-area grid, 5-day interval, global 120 Mbytes |
ICESNOW (C). | ICESNOW software. | Sea Ice, Ice Cover, Snow Cover | 07/01/1983 - 12/31/2006 |
| Atmospheric Profiles ISCCP_TOVS_NAT ASDC Web Order Tool. |
280km equal-area grid, daily and monthly, global 120 Mbytes |
TOVS (C) | TOVS (Fortran). | TOVS software. | Cloud Amount, Cloud Top Pressure, Ozone, Precipitable Water Profiles, Surface Pressure, Surface Temperature, Temperature Profiles, Tropopause Pressure, Tropopause Temperature | 12/01/1980 - 12/31/2006 |
| Gridded Product ISCCP_C1_NAT Contact User Services. |
280km equal-area grid, 3-hourly, global 216 Mbytes |
C1 Native | io.c | gbytes.c. | C1 software. | C1 parameters list. | 07/1983 - 06/1991 |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_C2_NAT Contact User Services. |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global 4 Mbytes |
C2 Native. | C2 native software. | C2 parameters list. | 07/1983 - 06/1991 |
| Monthly Summary ISCCP_C2 Contact User Services. |
280km equal-area grid, monthly, global 4 Mbytes |
C2 HDF (Fortran) | C2 HDF (C). | C2 HDF software. | C2 parameters list. | 07/1983 - 06/1991 |
