ISCCP Data Products
Reduced Resolution Radiance Data (B3)
- Resolution: 30km pixel, 3hr, individual satellites
- Volume: 1.1Gb per data month, for global coverage
- Contents: Radiances with calibration and navigation appended. Uniform format for all satellites.
- See data set version table.
Calibration Table Data Set (BT)
- Resolution: 3hr, individual satellites
- Volume: 7Gb for 8 years
- Contents: Updates of calibration tables for B3 data set.
- See data set version table.
Radiance data (ISCCP B1U)
- Resolution: 10Km pixel,3hr, individual satellites
- Volume: Variable: 18GB to 110GB/year for global coverage
- Contents: Radiances with calibration and navigation appended. Uniform format for all satellites..
- See data set description paper.
Ice/Snow Data Set (IS)
- Resolution: 150km equal-area grid, 5-days, global
- Volume: ~3Mb per data year
- Contents: 5-day averages of snow and sea ice fractional coverage deduced from ship/shore station reports and satellite visible, infrared, and microwave imagery data.
- See data set version table.
- See map grid information page.
TOVS Data Set (TV)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, daily, global
- Volume: ~72Mb per data year
- Contents: Atmosphere and surface data including temperature structure, water, and ozone abundances obtained from the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounding Product and supplemented by two climatologies.
- See data set version table.
- See map grid information page.
- Resolution: 30km mapped pixel, 3 hr, individual satellites
- Volume: 5Gb per data month
- Contents: Calibrated radiances, cloud detection results, cloud and surface properties from radiative analysis. See
list
of variables and definitions.
- See data set version table.
Gridded Cloud Product (C1)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: 216Mb per data month
- Contents: Spatial averages of pixel-level results and statistical summaries. Satellites are merged into a global grid. Atmosphere and surface properties from TOVS appended.
- See map grid information page.
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: 320Mb per data month
- Contents: Spatial averages of DX quantities and statistical summaries, including properties of cloud types. Satellites are merged into a global grid. Atmosphere and surface properties from TOVS appended. See list of variables and definitions.
- See data set version table.
- See map grid information page.
Climatological Summary Product (C2)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, monthly, global
- Volume: 4Mb per data month
- Contents: Monthly average of C1 quantities including mean diurnal cycle. Distribution and properties of total cloudiness and cloud types.
- See map grid information page.
Climatological Summary Product - Revised algorithm (D2)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, monthly, global
- Volume: 7.5Mb per data month
- Contents: Monthly average of D1 quantities including mean diurnal cycle. Distribution and properties of total cloudiness and cloud types. See list of variables and definitions.
- See browse page to sample ISCCP D2 data.
- See data set version table.
- See map grid information page.
Climatological Summary Product (FD-TOA)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: ~60Mb per data month
- Contents: All the radiative flux components at TOA. Total of 20 output parameters.
- FD-TOA is available for download through our website.
- See map grid information page.
Climatological Summary Product (FD-SRF)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: ~70Mb per data month
- Contents: All the radiative flux components at SRF. Total of 25 output parameters.
- FD-SRF is available for download through our website.
- See map grid information page.
Climatological Summary Product (FD-PRF)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: ~205Mb per data month
- Contents: All the radiative flux components for PRF (TOA and SRF inclusive). Total of 81 output parameters.
- FD-PRF is available for download through our website.
- See map grid information page.
Input flux data (FD-INP)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: ~205Mb per data month.
- Contents: Complete input variables used in flux calculation
- FD-INP is available for download through our website.
Climatological Summary Product (FD-MPF)
- Resolution: 280km equal-area grid, monthly, global
- Volume: ~0.83Mb per data month
- Contents: Radiatively linearly averaged monthly-mean FD-PRF. Total of 81 output parameters.
- FD-MPF is available for download through our website.
- See browse page to sample ISCCP FD SRF and TOA monthly-averaged data.
- Mapped FD-TOA and FD-SRF data are also available for for download through our website.
- See map grid information page.
Stage H Products
Climatological Summary Product (FH-TOA)
- Resolution: 110 km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: ~720 Mb per data month
- Contents: All the radiative flux components at TOA. Total of 23 output parameters in NetCDF-4 format.
- FH-TOA is available for download through our website.
Climatological Summary Product (FH-SRF)
- Resolution: 110 km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: ~1,116 Mb per data month
- Contents: All the radiative flux components at SRF. Total of 34 output parameters in NetCDF-4 format.
- FH-SRF is available for download through our website.
Climatological Summary Product (FH-PRF)
- Resolution: 110 km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: ~2,980 Mb per data month
- Contents: All the radiative flux components for PRF (TOA and SRF inclusive). Total of 91 output parameters in NetCDF-4 format.
- FH-PRF is available for download through our website.
Input flux data (FH-INP)
- Resolution: 110km equal-area grid, 3hr, global
- Volume: up to 6,744 Mb per data month.
- Contents: Complete input variables used in flux calculation. Total of up to 335 parameters in Binary format.
- FH-INP is available for download through our website.
Climatological Summary Product (FH-MPF)
- Resolution: 110 km equal-area grid, monthly, global
- Volume: ~12 Mb per data month
- Contents: Radiatively linearly averaged monthly-mean FH-PRF. Total of 91 output parameters in NetCDF-4 format.
- FH-MPF is available for download through our website.
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