U.S. AFGWC Three-Dimensional Cloud Analyses for the Globe

The Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC) automated cloud analysis program produced high-resolution three-dimensional analyses of clouds over the entire globe. Up to eight analyses were produced for each day.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1971-02-21T1200+00
    End:  1979-07-31T2100+00

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1971-02-21T1200+00
Temporal Range End 1979-07-31T2100+00
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 89.68648697524662
Bounding Box South Lat -18.849363339326473
Bounding Box West Long 0.004965471612919714
Bounding Box East Long -0.007979801441365453
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 46000.0 m
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 41175.076 MB
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
557th Weather Wing, U.S. Air Force, U. S. Department of Defense
Department of Meteorology, University of Utah
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1979-12-05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/V5AV-0N56
Alternate Identifier d038000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:30:34Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d038000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 557th Weather Wing, U.S. Air Force, U. S. Department of Defense, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah. (1979). U.S. AFGWC Three-Dimensional Cloud Analyses for the Globe. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/V5AV-0N56. Accessed 16 October 2025.

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