International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Climate Data Record, H-Series

Description

The 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. The ISCCP H-Series Climate Data Record consists of several parts: (1) ISCCP H-Series dataset, (2) ISCCP-Basic H-Series, and (3) Ancillary and input datasets. ISCCP H Series data The full ISCCP dataset consists of netCDF files containing various derived cloud parameters. The H-Series data includes several products. These include: * HXS (H-series pixel level single satellite - not in netcdf), * HXG (H-series pixel level gridded), * HGG (H-series Gridded Global), * HGH (H-series gridded monthly by hour), and * HGM ( H-series Gridded Monthly). The netCDF files are not structured with CF-standard names. Data variables are unitless and rely on data tables that are needed to represent each geophysical variable. Keeping ISCCP H-Series in this native format ensures that existing "power users" will be able to continue using the data. ISCCP Basic H Series ISCCP Basic files contains a subset of the cloud variables and products available in the full ISCCP dataset. It consists of remapped, calibrated, and subsetted variables following CF-conventions. In addition, the netCDF files follow full netCDF CF and ACDD Conventions. These files are intended to be use by new and/or less advanced users that may want to use cloud data, but do not need the full ISCCP dataset. Ancillary and Input data Ancillary and Input data used in the production of ISCCP are also archived. These consist of B1U geostationary satellite data, B1U and GAC calibration/HBT tables, and ancillary files for nnHIRS, AEROSOL, SNOWICE, and OZONE datasets.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 More information about the ISCCP H data collection. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isccp
21 Data and metadata access using OPeNDAP, WMS, WCS, HTTP, and other data access protocols. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/satellite/cdr-isccp-h.html
0 Direct download for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/international-satellite-cloud-climate-project-isccp-h-series-data/
0 Information on AWS data access. https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-cdr-atmospheric/
21 Information on Microsoft Azure data access. https://microsoft.github.io/AIforEarthDataSets/data/noaa-cdr.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
21 Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. https://noaa-cdr-cloud-properties-isccp-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 Superseded version of the ISCCP Cloud Products Dataset https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00976/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 Access to the published CDR, source code, and documentation. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/atmospheric/cloud-properties-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 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 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5QZ281S
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 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
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 http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/1983/1983_Schiffer_sc01000b.pdf

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  • geostationary and polar orbiters (avhrr
  • international satellite cloud climatology project
  • goddard institute for space studies
  • vertical location
  • 1 km
  • atmospheric - upper-air - earth radiation budget
  • land surface
  • goddard space flight center
  • nesdis
  • ltoast_cris_ftls_imagery_bin
  • noaa climate data record (cdr) program
  • isccp
  • 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
  • atmosphere
  • noaa
  • global)
  • atmospheric - upper-air - cloud properties
  • nasa
  • global
  • troposphere
  • hgg (100-km
  • noaa onestop project
  • passive remote sensing
  • earth sciences division
  • hourly - < daily
  • 3-hr
  • spectrometers/radiometers
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • avhrr-2/3)
  • hgh (100-km
  • geographic region
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • hxs (10-km
  • satellite
  • imaging spectrometers/radiometers
  • atmospheric radiation
  • 3-hr)
  • goes (geostationary operational environmental satellite)
  • hxg (10-km
  • clouds
  • boundary layer
  • monthly)
  • science and exploration directorate
  • hydrology
  • poes (polar orbiting environmental satellites)
  • earth remote sensing instruments
  • hgm (100-km
  • national centers for environmental information
  • nasa/gsfc/sed/esd/giss

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