ISCCP On-Line Datasets and Images
ISCCP data products are available from a variety of sources. The full set of data products are available for order from our archives.
D2 data is available for viewing directly from our website. This data may be viewed as GIF images or downloaded as IEEE floating point, scaled integer, or ascci text in either equal area or square grids. The D2 available in this manner is limited to only selected variables. The complete data product is now available for download.
Other datasets are also available for download.
Software and documentation are also available.
D2-based Global Monthly Means | 3-Hourly Regional Subsets
The datasets available here are only selected variables from the ISCCP data products. The full data products are available from our archives.
3-Hourly Regional Subsets

Selected variables including cloud types from the DX and D1 3-hourly data are available for the following Field Campaign regions and time periods:
- GEWEX Cloud System Study Data Integration for Model Evaluation (GCSS-DIME)
- First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE)
- Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX)
- Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE)
- GEWEX Cloud System Study (GCSS)
- Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean - Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA/COARE)
ISCCP Definition of Cloud Types |
Cloud Data & Products
ISCCP Data Sets Version Information |
Related Data & Products