International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project, D-Series (Superseded)

Description

**ISCCP D-Series has been superseded by a newer version. Users should not use ISCCP D-Series except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing previous studies that used the ISCCP D-Series).** ISCCP was established in 1982 as part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) to collect and analyze satellite radiance measurements to infer the global distribution of clouds, their properties, and their diurnal, seasonal, and interannual variations. Period of record is July 1, 1983 through December 31, 2009. ISCCP D-Series dataset consists of the following products: (1) D1 - Cloud products gridded to 2.5 deg at 3 hourly time steps. This includes about 200 variables, including cloud products, ancillary data and static data. (2) D2 - Monthly averages of cloud products gridded to 2.5 degree. This includes many variables and processing inputs (e.g., ancillary data) as well as outputs (cloud products, etc.). D2 data are temporal averages of the D1 data. (3) DX - Pixel level cloud products in the satellite-projection. This data is roughly 32 km and 3 hourly. This data is used to derive the D1 product. In addition, there are ancillary data files included with the archive; these inputs that are used to create the D-series data.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 **Current Version** To use the most recent version of the ISCCP data products, please follow the link. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00956/html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Rossow, W.B., and R.A. Schiffer, 1991: ISCCP cloud data products. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 72, 2-20. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/1520-0477%281991%29072%3C0002%3AICDP%3E2.0.CO%3B2
33 Schiffer, R.A., and Rossow, W.B., 1983: The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP): The First Project of the World Climate Research Programme. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 64, 779-784. https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/1983/1983_Schiffer_sc01000b.pdf
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00976/html
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 More information about the ISCCP D-Series can be found at this link. https://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/
0 NOAA now hosts the newest version of the ISCCP Data Series, with more information about the ISCCP Project from this site. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isccp
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Access to the D-Series data (D1, D2, DX) via HDSS ordering system (HAS). https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=3645&subqueryby=STATION&applname=&outdest=FILE
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

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  • msg
  • visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (gms series)
  • international satellite cloud climatology project
  • vertical location
  • gms (japan geostationary meteorological satellite)
  • nesdis
  • earth observation satellites
  • advanced very high resolution radiometer
  • isccp
  • 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
  • the multi-functional transport satellite 2
  • atmosphere
  • noaa
  • atmospheric - upper-air - cloud properties
  • global
  • spinning enhanced visible and infrared imager
  • troposphere
  • passive remote sensing
  • hourly - < daily
  • spectrometers/radiometers
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • profilers/sounders
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • goes i-m sounder
  • meteosat second generation
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • radiometers
  • multi-functional transport satellite 1 replacement
  • mtsat-2
  • imaging spectrometers/radiometers
  • seviri
  • goes (geostationary operational environmental satellite)
  • avhrr
  • vissr atmospheric sounder
  • 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees
  • monthly - < annual
  • clouds
  • mviri
  • vissr-gms
  • vas
  • meteosat visible infra-red imager
  • mtsat-1r
  • meteosat
  • insat (indian national satellite)
  • earth remote sensing instruments
  • mtsat 2 imager
  • national centers for environmental information
  • noaa poes (polar orbiting environmental satellites)
  • mtsat 1r imager

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