Table · collection · 1999
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage B3 Reduced Radiances in Native Format
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/isccp/b3_nat
The ISCCP_B3_NAT data is the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage B3 Reduced Radiances in Native Format data product.
Description
This is the original radiance data, sampled to 30 Km and 3-hour spacing. Data collection for this product is complete and was collected using several instruments on multiple platforms, please see the instrument and platform list of this record for a comprehensive list.
The normalization of all radiances to a standard calibration made these data a globally uniform set of measurements that can be used for detailed cloud process studies. ISCCP was the first project of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and was established in 1982 (WMO-35 1982, Schiffer and Rossow 1983) to: produce a global, reduced resolution, calibrated and normalized radiance data set containing basic information on the properties of the atmosphere from which cloud parameters can be derived; stimulate and coordinate basic research on techniques for inferring the physical properties of clouds from the condensed radiance data set and to apply the resulting algorithms to derive and validate a global cloud climatology for improving the parameterization of clouds in climate models; and promote research using ISCCP data that contributes to improved understanding of the Earth's radiation budget and hydrological cycle.
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Since 1983 an international group of institutions has collected and analyzed satellite radiance measurements from up to five geostationary and two polar orbiting satellites to infer the global distribution of cloud properties and their diurnal, seasonal and inter-annual variations. The primary focus of the first phase of the project (1983-1995) was the elucidation of the role of clouds in the radiation budget (top of the atmosphere and surface).
In the second phase of the project (1995 onwards) the analysis also concerns improving understanding of clouds in the global hydrological cycle. ISCCP analysis combined satellite-measured radiances (Stage B3 data, Schiffer and Rossow 1985), Rossow et al. 1987) with the TOVS atmospheric temperature-humidity and ice/snow correlative data sets to obtain information about clouds and the surface. The analysis method first determined the presence of absence of clouds in each individual image pixel and retrieves the radiometric properties of the cloud for each cloudy pixel and of the surface for each clear pixel.
The pixel analysis is performed separately for each satellite radiance data set and the results reported in the Stage DX data product, which has a nominal resolution of 30 km and 3 hours. The Stage D1 product is produced by summarizing the pixel-level results every 3 hours on an equal-area map with 280 km resolution and merging the results from separate satellites with the atmospheric and ice/snow data sets to produce global coverage at each time.
The Stage D2 data product is produced by averaging the Stage D1 data over each month, first at each of the eight three hour time intervals and then over all time intervals.
Links
Get the data
- DOI data set landing page for ISCCP_B3_NAT_1 doi.org/10.5067/isccp/b3_nat ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- How to cite ASDC data asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ISCCP_B3_NAT Data Set Readme asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/readme/readme_isccp_b3_nat.txt ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- MODULE B3_KIND - Direct File Download (.f) asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/read_software/isccp_b3_kind.f ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/read_software/isccp_b3_module.f ↗
Program to read SRB Release 3 QCSQ Monthly nc - Direct File Download (.f)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/read_software/isccp_b3_read.f ↗
Fortran 90 Code Version of B3READ with the same variable names as older Version set to read one image - Direct File Download (.f)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/read_software/isccp_b3_read_linux.f ↗
ISCCP B3 read software for use with the Portland Group Compiler (Linux machine only) - Direct File Download (.f)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ASDC Data and Information for ISCCP asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/ISCCP ↗
documentation · download · project · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/but-the-winds-but-the-spaces ↗
Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Article: "But the winds... but the spaces" By Annette Varani
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/StarsCloudsCrops ↗
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Stars, Clouds, Crops
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ISCCP Data Products List isccp.giss.nasa.gov/products/products.html ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ISCCP Known and Fixed Errors in Data Products isccp.giss.nasa.gov/errors.html ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ISCCP New Algorithm: Summary of Changes isccp.giss.nasa.gov/newalg.html ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/guide/isccp_project.pdf ↗
ISCCP Project/Campaign Document for the Langley DAAC
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Publications for ISCCP isccp.giss.nasa.gov/docs/documents.html ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource science.nasa.gov/mission/aura/science-and-data ↗
EOS Aura Science Team Meeting AGENDA, August 27 - August 29, 2019 Pasadena CA, USA
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/esds/competitive-programs/measures/data-analysis-for-isccp ↗
Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Article: Global Cloud Process Studies in the Context of Decadal Climate Variability: Enhancement and Continuation of Data Analysis for the I
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- NCAR UCAR Climate Data Guide climatedataguide.ucar.edu ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/ShadowsDoubt ↗
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Shadows of Doubt - Monitoring Cloud Effects
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/guide/abstract_ISCCP_Stage_B3.pdf ↗
ISCCP Stage B3 Reduced Radiances in Native (NAT) Format(ISCCP_B3_NAT) Data Set Abstract
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/isccp/isccp_b3_details.pdf ↗
ISCCP_B3_NAT Detailed Temporal Coverage by Satellite
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880704215-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3880704215-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for ISCCP_B3_NAT_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
download · from NASA CMR
- Virtual Directory for ISCCP_B3_NAT_1 cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C3880704215-LARC_CLOUD ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource isccp.giss.nasa.gov ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/international-satellite-cloud-climatology-project-iscc… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880704215-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=70e71ea1-5ee6-4e63-bed0-2b1479c13… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880704215-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer · Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-1 · Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-2 · Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-3 · Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-4 · Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-5 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 10 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 6 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8 · Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 9 · GOES I-M Imager · Indian National Satellite · Infrared Imagery · Infrared Radiance · JAMI · METEOSAT-2 · METEOSAT-3 · METEOSAT-7 · Meteosat-8 · Meteosat-9 · Meteosat Operational Programme 1 (MOP-1) · Meteosat Operational Programme 2 (MOP-2) · Meteosat Operational Programme 3 (MOP-3) · Meteosat Visible Infra-Red Imager · Multi-functional Transport Satellite 1 Replacement · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-12 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-15 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-8 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9 · NOT APPLICABLE · Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager · Very High Resolution Radiometer · Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer · Visible Imagery · Visible Radiance
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Climate change science 70% · Image 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 63 field assertions
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| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3880704215-LARC_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 70e71ea1-5ee6-4e63-bed0-2b1479c13d69 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3702 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (70%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:avhrr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:goes-i-m-imager | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:jami | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:mviri | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:not-applicable | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:seviri | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:vhrr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:vissr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/infrared-imagery | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/infrared-radiance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/visible-wavelengths/visible-imagery | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/visible-wavelengths/visible-radiance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:gms-1 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:gms-2 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:gms-3 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:gms-4 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:gms-5 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-10 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-11 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-12 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-5 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-6 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-7 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-8 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-9 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:insat | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-2 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-3 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-4 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-5 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-6 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-7 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-8 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat-9 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:mtsat-1r | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-10 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-11 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-12 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-14 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-15 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-16 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-17 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-18 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-7 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-8 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-9 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |