International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project D2 (ISCCP-D2) Dataset: Radiometer data from the NOAA, GOES, METEOSAT, GMS and INSAT satellites from 1983-2006

Global three-hourly cloud products as produced for the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. The data on are the ISCCP Stage D2 data (ISCCP-D2), at 280 km spatial resolution. There are 202 variables contained within the dataset, which is at three-hourly temporal resolution.

The data available at the time of publication of this dataset record in this archive have been obtained from the NASA Atmospheric Data Center (ASDC) and begin in July 1983 and extend to June 2006. A fuller dataset is available directly from ASDC - see link on this record.

The data are from a number of radiometers deployed on NOAA, GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), METEOSAT, GMS and INSAT satellites operational during this period. This dataset is public.

The data periods for the various satellite instruments used within this generation of this dataset are given below:

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) versions 1,2 and 3:

- AVHRR on NOAA-7: 01/07/1983 to 31/01/1985

- AVHRR on NOAA-8: 01/10/1983 to 24/06/1984

- AVHRR on NOAA-9: 01/02/1985 to 08/11/1988

- AVHRR on NOAA-10: 17/11/1986 to 30/08/1991

- AVHRR on NOAA-11: 30/06/1997 to 18/10/1998

- AVHRR/2 on NOAA-12: 01/09/1991 to 31/12/1998

- AVHRR/2 on NOAA-14: 01/02/1995 to 30/09/2001

- AVHRR/3 on NOAA-15: 01/01/1999 to 31/07/2000

- AVHRR/3 on NOAA-16: 01/10/2001 to 30/06/2005

- AVHRR/3 on NOAA-17: 01/07/2002 to 30/06/2005

Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR):

- VHRR data on INSAT-1 series (INSAT-1A to 1D): 01/04/1988 to 31/03/1989

GOES-Imager:

- GOES-Imager data on GOES-10: 01/08/1998 to 30/06/2005

- GOES-Imager data on GOES-12: 01/04/2003 to 30/06/2005

Multispectral Imaging Radiometer (MIR):

- MIR data on METEOSAT-2: 01/07/1983 to 11/08/1988

- MIR data on METEOSAT-3: 11/08/1988 to 25/01/1991

- MIR data on METEOSAT-4 : 19/06/1989 to 30/06/1991

METEOSAT Visible and IR Imager (MVIRI):

- MVIRI data on METEOSAT-5: 01/02/1994 to 30/06/2005

- MVIRI data on METEOSAT-6: 01/03/1997 to 31/05/1998

Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) data:

- VISSR data on GMS-1: 21/01/1984 to 30/06/1984

- VISSR data on GMS-2: 01/07/1983 to 27/091984

- VISSR data on GMS-3: 27/09/1984 to 04/12/1989

- VISSR data on GMS-4: 04/12/1989 to 30/06/1991

- VISSR data on GMS-5: 01/06/1995 to 30/04/2003

- VISSR data on GOES-5: 01/07/1983 to 30/07/1984

- VISSR data on GOES-6: 01/07/1983 to 21/01/1989

- VISSR data on GOES-7: 26/04/1987 to 30/06/1991

- VISSR data on GOES-8: 01/05/1995 to 31/03/2003

- VISSR data on GOES-9: 01/01/1996 to 30/06/2005

For further information about the satellites and their instruments please see the linked documentation pages.

Date (Publication): 2002-12-10T15:48:54

Date (Creation): 2002-12-10T15:48:54

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/582054658c2c4f29b436f6e901a60c83

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 582054658c2c4f29b436f6e901a60c83

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP)		unknown	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Rossow, William B.	Unavailable	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

ISSCP
radiometer
cloud
NOAA
GOES
INSAT
METEOSAT
GMS

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1983-06-30T23:00:00

End date: 2006-06-30T22:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are HDF formatted

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/582054658c2c4f29b436f6e901a60c83	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/isccp_d2/data	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GUIDE/dataset_documents/base_isccp_d1_d2_dataset.html	ISCCP D1 and D2 dataset documentation

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data obtained during the period from 1983 to 2006 by the various satellite operators. Data acquired from the Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (ASDC) at various intervals from 2002 and archived at the BADC as-is. A fuller version of the dataset will be available directly from ASDC - see link on this record.