NASA International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) C1, 1983-1987

Current data ends on June 30, 1991 as of July 5, 1995.

News as of August 23, 1993: ISCCP Global Processing Center is changing the algorithm for cloud detection. The "old" algorithm which was used to generate C1 and C2 products so far will be replaced by the "new" algorithm. The new algorithm will improve the cloud detection in the polar regions. The production of "C" level products of the current and previous months will progress in parallel. It is expected to have 10-year (July 1983 to June 1994) ISCCP C products in Fall 1995. The C1 and C2 products using the "old" algorithm stops at the end of June 1991. Again, if you are interested in areas other than the polar regions (cutoff at about 55 latitude), little change of the cloudiness caused by using the new algorithm is expected.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1983
    End:  1987

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1983
Temporal Range End 1987
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format Binary
Standardized Resource Format Binary
Asset Size 20963 MB
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Resource Support Name Chi-Fan Shih
Resource Support Email chifan@ucar.edu
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Author National Space Science Data Center Coordinated Archive, Space Science Data Operation Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1989-10-18
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/NP3B-PC37
Alternate Identifier d742000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-03T01:38:44Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d742000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Space Science Data Center Coordinated Archive, Space Science Data Operation Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University. (1989). NASA International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) C1, 1983-1987. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/NP3B-PC37. Accessed 04 October 2025.

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