International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II) Dataset

The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) has the lead role in addressing land-atmosphere interactions - process modelling, data retrieval algorithms, field experiment design and execution, and the development of global data sets. The ISLSCP II dataset contains comprehensive data over the 10 year period from 1986 to 1995, from the International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP). The ISLSCP II datasets are compiled in four key areas: land cover, hydrometeorlolgy, radiation and soils. They are mapped to consistent grids (0.5 x 0.5 degrees for topography, 1 x 1 degrees for meteorological parameters). Some data have a grid size of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees. The temporal resolution for most data sets is monthly (however a few are at finer resolution - 3 hourly). This dataset is public.

ISLSCP is one of several projects of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), and has the lead role in addressing land-atmosphere interactions - process modelling, data retrieval algorithms, field experiment design and execution, and the development of global data sets.

ISLSCP was established in 1983 under the United Nation's Environmental Programme to promote the use of satellite data for the global land surface data sets needed for climate studies. In 1994, ISLSCP produced a five-volume CD-ROM collection of global data sets to support energy, water and biogeochemical cycling studies, covering 1987 - 1988 - the ISLSCP I Initiative. The ISLSCP I data sets are available via the BADC ISLSCP I page. The ISLSCP working group meet regularly to assist Goddard Space Flight Center staff to coordinate production and publication of the various data sets in the data collection.

Date (Publication): 2003-12-10T03:03:01

Date (Creation): 2003-12-10T03:03:01

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/9759525d6ef164940e54bddeb7001dca

Citation identifier: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) / 9759525d6ef164940e54bddeb7001dca

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Hall, F.G.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Meeson, B.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Los, Sietse O.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Steyart, L.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	de Colstoun, E	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Landis, D.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	de Colstoun, E	Unavailable	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
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)		unknown	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Series

Keywords

Climatology
NASA

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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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: 1986-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 1995-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Name	Version
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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/9759525d6ef164940e54bddeb7001dca	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://daac.ornl.gov/ISLSCP_II/islscpii.shtml	DAAC ISLSCPII website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/islscp/references.html	BADC Doc: ISLSCP List of References

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/7356534	Carbon, Water, and Energy Cycle Investigations Using a Common Global Data Set: The International Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Initiative 2

Hierarchy level: Series

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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: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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File identifier: 9759525d6ef164940e54bddeb7001dca XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-11-12T03:25:56

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

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

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