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 -89.68648697524662
Bounding Box West Long 0.004965471612919714
Bounding Box East Long -0.00797980144130861
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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Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
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Author
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 2025-10-17T01:05:56Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d038000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation . (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 01 January 2026.

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