International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISSCP) Monthly Means
Updated: September 2009:Stage D2 data: July 1983 - June 2008
SOURCE:ftp://isccp.giss.nasa.gov(http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/products/dataview.html)
Additional ftp information FORMAT: netCDF GRID: Global: 2.5 degree (144 x 72) LEVELS: Single Level FIELDS: Description Name Units ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean Ozone abundance O3_TOVS Dobson Mean Precipitable water for 680-310 mb PW_Mid_TOVS cm Mean Precipitable water for 1000-680 mb PW_Low_TOVS cm Mean Stratosphere temperature at 50 mb T50_TOVS K Mean Tropopause temperature TT_TOVS K Mean Tropopause pressure PT_TOVS mb TOVS: Mean Temperature at 375 mb T375_TOVS K TOVS: Mean Temperature at 500 mb T500_TOVS K TOVS: Mean Temperature at 740 mb T740_TOVS K TOVS: Mean Near-surface air temperature TSA_TOVS K TOVS: Mean Surface pressure PS_TOVS mb Mean snow/ice amount SI_Cover % Mean RS from clear sky composite RS Standard deviation over space TS_Sd_Space K Mean TS from clear sky composite TS K Mean WP for cloud type 15 = Deep convective WP_DC g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 15 = Deep convective TAU_DC Mean TC for cloud type 15 = Deep convective TC_DC K Mean PC for cloud type 15 = Deep convective PC_DC mb Mean CA for cloud type 15 = Deep convective CA_DC % Mean WP for cloud type 14 = Cirrostratus WP_CIS g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 14 = Cirrostratus TAU_CIS Mean TC for cloud type 14 = Cirrostratus TC_CIS K Mean PC for cloud type 14 = Cirrostratus PC_CIS mb Mean CA for cloud type 14 = Cirrostratus CA_CIS % Mean WP for cloud type 13 = Cirrus WP_CI g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 13 = Cirrus TAU_CI Mean TC for cloud type 13 = Cirrus TC_CI K Mean PC for cloud type 13 = Cirrus PC_CI mb Mean CA for cloud type 13 = Cirrus CA_CI % Mean WP for cloud type 12 = Nimbostratus,ice WP_NS_Ice g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 12 = Nimbostratus,ice TAU_NS_Ice Mean TC for cloud type 12 = Nimbostratus,ice TC_NS_Ice K Mean PC for cloud type 12 = Nimbostratus,ice PC_NS_Ice mb Mean CA for cloud type 12 = Nimbostratus,ice CA_NS_Ice % Mean WP for cloud type 11 = Altostratus,ice WP_AS_Ice g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 11 = Altostratus,ice TAU_AS_Ice Mean TC for cloud type 11 = Altostratus,ice TC_AS_Ice K Mean PC for cloud type 11 = Altostratus,ice PC_AS_Ice mb Mean CA for cloud type 11 = Altostratus,ice CA_AS_Ice % Mean WP for cloud type 10 = Altocumulus,ice WP_AC_Ice g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 10 = Altocumulus,ice TAU_AC_Ice Mean TC for cloud type 10 = Altocumulus,ice TC_AC_Ice K Mean PC for cloud type 10 = Altocumulus,ice PC_AC_Ice mb Mean CA for cloud type 10 = Altocumulus,ice CA_AC_Ice % Mean WP for cloud type 9 = Nimbostratus,liquid WP_NS_Liquid g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 9 = Nimbostratus,liquid TAU_NS_Liquid Mean TC for cloud type 9 = Nimbostratus,liquid TC_NS_Liquid K Mean PC for cloud type 9 = Nimbostratus,liquid PC_NS_Liquid mb Mean CA for cloud type 9 = Nimbostratus,liquid CA_NS_Liquid % Mean WP for cloud type 8 = Altostratus,liquid WP_AS_Liquid g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 8 = Altostratus,liquid TAU_AS_Liquid Mean TC for cloud type 8 = Altostratus,liquid TC_AS_Liquid K Mean PC for cloud type 8 = Altostratus,liquid PC_AS_Liquid mb Mean CA for cloud type 8 = Altostratus,liquid CA_AS_Liquid % Mean WP for cloud type 7 = Altocumulus,liquid WP_AC_Liquid g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 7 = Altocumulus,liquid TAU_AC_Liquid Mean TC for cloud type 7 = Altocumulus,liquid TC_AC_Liquid K Mean PC for cloud type 7 = Altocumulus,liquid PC_AC_Liquid mb Mean CA for cloud type 7 = Altocumulus,liquid CA_AC_Liquid % Mean WP for cloud type 6 = Stratus,ice WP_S_Ice g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 6 = Stratus,ice TAU_S_Ice Mean TC for cloud type 6 = Stratus,ice TC_S_Ice K Mean PC for cloud type 6 = Stratus,ice PC_S_Ice mb Mean CA for cloud type 6 = Stratus,ice CA_S_Ice % Mean WP for cloud type 5 = Stratocumulus,ice WP_SC_Ice g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 5 = Stratocumulus,ice TAU_SC_Ice Mean TC for cloud type 5 = Stratocumulus,ice TC_SC_Ice K Mean PC for cloud type 5 = Stratocumulus,ice PC_SC_Ice mb Mean CA for cloud type 5 = Stratocumulus,ice CA_SC_Ice % Mean WP for cloud type 4 = Cumulus,ice WP_C_Ice g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 4 = Cumulus,ice TAU_C_Ice Mean TC for cloud type 4 = Cumulus,ice TC_C_Ice K Mean PC for cloud type 4 = Cumulus,ice PC_C_Ice mb Mean CA for cloud type 4 = Cumulus,ice CA_C_Ice % Mean WP for cloud type 3 = Stratus,liquid WP_S_Liquid g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 3 = Stratus,liquid TAU_S_Liquid Mean TC for cloud type 3 = Stratus,liquid TC_S_Liquid K Mean PC for cloud type 3 = Stratus,liquid PC_S_Liquid mb Mean CA for cloud type 3 = Stratus,liquid CA_S_Liquid % Mean WP for cloud type 2 = Stratocumulus,liquid WP_SC_Liquid g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 2 = Stratocumulus,liquid TAU_SC_Liquid Mean TC for cloud type 2 = Stratocumulus,liquid TC_SC_Liquid K Mean PC for cloud type 2 = Stratocumulus,liquid PC_SC_Liquid mb Mean CA for cloud type 2 = Stratocumulus,liquid CA_SC_Liquid % Mean WP for cloud type 1 = Cumulus,liquid WP_C_Liquid g/m2 Mean TAU for cloud type 1 = Cumulus,liquid TAU_C_Liquid Mean TC for cloud type 1 = Cumulus,liquid TC_C_Liquid K Mean PC for cloud type 1 = Cumulus,liquid PC_C_Liquid mb Mean CA for cloud type 1 = Cumulus,liquid CA_C_Liquid % Mean TC for high clouds TC_High K Mean PC for high clouds PC_High mb Mean high cloud amount CA_High % Mean TC for middle clouds TC_Mid K Mean PC for middle clouds PC_Mid mb Mean middle cloud amount CA_Mid % Mean TC for low clouds TC_Low K Mean PC for low clouds PC_Low mb Mean low cloud amount CA_Low % Mean standard deviation over space WP_Sd_Space g/m2 Standard deviation over time WP_Sd_Time g/m2 Water path (WP) WP g/m2 Mean standard deviation over space TAU_Sd_Space Standard deviation over time TAU_Sd_Time Mean cloud TAU TAU Mean standard deviation over space TC_Sd_Space K Standard deviation over time TC_Sd_Time K Mean cloud temperature TC K Mean standard deviation over space PC_Sd_Space mb Standard deviation over time PC_Sd_Time mb Mean cloud pressure PC mb Frequency of mean cloud amount 90-100% CA_Frq_90100 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 80-90% CA_Frq_8090 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 70-80% CA_Frq_7080 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 60-70% CA_Frq_6070 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 50-60% CA_Frq_5060 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 40-50% CA_Frq_4050 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 30-40% CA_Frq_3040 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 20-30% CA_Frq_2030 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 10-20% CA_Frq_1020 % Frequency of mean cloud amount 0-10% CA_Frq_0010 % Mean IR-marginal cloud amount CA_IR % Mean cloud amount CA % MSS Directory: /CTSAT/ISCCP/D2/2.5DG/ (2.5 degree grid) Filenames:
ISCCP.1983-2008.25.nc Current holdings: July 1983 - Dec 2008
NOTE:Due to user requests the actual netCDF file spans Jan 1983 thru Dec 2008. The padded months (Jan-June 1983 and July-Dec 2008) are filled with missing values.
NOTE: Old data still available at:
MSS Directory: /CTSAT/ISCCP/OLD_1997/D2/ in 2.5DG/, T42/ and T63/ subdirectories.
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