ISLSCP II: Surface Radiation Budget and Clouds Parameters at 1 degree spatial resolution (1986-1995)

The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II) is a follow on project from The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP). ISLSCP II had 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).

This dataset contains:

*Cloud measurements

*Ozone

*Radiation

The data 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.

Date (Publication): 2003-12-10T06:29:43

Date (Creation): 2003-12-10T06:29:43

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e73bd833492bed8695c47b56cc2e3080

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / e73bd833492bed8695c47b56cc2e3080

Point of contact

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

ISLSCP
NASA
Radiation
Clouds

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: 1986-01-01T00:00:00

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

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are ASCII files 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/e73bd833492bed8695c47b56cc2e3080	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/radiation_clouds/	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/radiation_clouds/srb_clouds_1deg/0_srb_clouds_readme.txt	Surface Radiation Budget (SRB), Clouds and Meteorology

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/radiation_clouds/srb_clouds_1deg/1_srb_radiation_clouds_doc.pdf	The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Initiative II Data Collection

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 over a 10 year period from 1986 to 1995, collated by the International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) II. A copy of these data was obtained by the BADC to assist the UK research community.

Metadata

File identifier: e73bd833492bed8695c47b56cc2e3080 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II) Dataset
9759525d6ef164940e54bddeb7001dca

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-03-09T03:00:16

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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