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Climatology of Low Cloud Types over the Global Ocean
Entry ID:
JISAO_LOW_CLOUD_TYPE
Summary
Abstract:
The University of Washington Joint Institute for the Study of the
Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) offers a Low Cloud Type over the Global Ocean Climatology. This is a dataset of daytime-only seasonal climatologies of individual low cloud types over the ocean constructed by Joel Norris for the time period 1954-1992 using synoptic surface ship observations. Available ...  Geographic Coverage
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
J. Norris
Dataset Title:
Climatology of Low Cloud Types over the Global Ocean
Dataset Release Place:
Seattle, Washington, USA
Dataset Publisher:
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)
Online Resource:
http://jisao.washington.edu/data_sets/low_cloud/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1954-01-01
Stop Date:
1992-12-31
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
2.5 degree
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degree Temporal Resolution: Seasonal Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
Use Constraints
This data may be freely distributed under the following conditions:
1.notify the author about the intended use of the data 2.acknowledge the source of the data in publications 3.send any feedback to the author Author: Joel Norris jnorris@ucar.edu Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
Online (HTTP)
Distribution Format:
netCDF, BINARY, ASCII
Fees:
None
Personnel
Publications/References
Norris, J. R. (1998), Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part II: geographical and seasonal variations, Journal of Climate, 11, 383-403
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-04-06
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