data: NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_ice mean

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NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_ice mean_cloud amount climatology: Amount data

nimbostratus_ice mean_cloud amount Amount from NASA ISCCP D2: Cloud characteristics, including amount, optical thickness, and cloud top pressure and temperature, for multiple cloud types from the the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project.

Independent Variables (Grids)

boxnum: grid: /boxnum (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (6596.0) by 1.0 N= 6596 pts :grid
month (time): grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jul) to (Jun) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid

Other Info

CE: null
CS: null
datatype: realarraytype
file_missing_value: [ 255.0 -1000.0 ]
missing_value: NaN
units: unitless
history: Averaged over T2[Jul 1983 - Jun 1984, Jul 2000 - Jun 2001] minimum 0.0% data present

References

Rossow_etal1996

Last updated: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:27:24 GMT

Data Views

	boxnum	T
NASA ISCCP D2 nimbostratus_ice mean_cloud amount climatology[ boxnum T \|]	M	M

Filters

Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There are actually many more available, but they have to be entered manually. See Ingrid Function Documentation for more information.

Monthly Climatology calculates a monthly climatology by averaging over all years.
anomalies calculates the difference between the (above) monthly climatology and the original data.
Integrate along boxnum T
Differentiate along boxnum T
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