The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project H-Series climate data record product

Young, Alisa H.; Knapp, Kenneth R.; Inamdar, Anand; Hankins, William; Rossow, William B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-583-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-583-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-583-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

Review article

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16 Mar 2018

Review article |

| 16 Mar 2018

The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project H-Series climate data record product

Alisa H. Young, Kenneth R. Knapp, Anand Inamdar, William Hankins, and William B. Rossow

Data sets

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Climate Data Record, H-Series W. B. Rossow, A. Walker, V. Golea, K. R. Knapp, A. Young, A. Inamdar, B. Hankins, and NOAA's Climate Data Record Program https://doi.org/10.7289/V5QZ281S

Short summary

The paper describes the new ISCCP H-series CDR product which provides a reprocessing of the ISCCP data at a higher spatial resolution to improve cloud property retrievals. The paper also describes algorithmic changes to the former product, and outlines data access, caveats, and ongoing plans for the product under the stewardship of NOAA–NCEI.