Data · collection
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), Raw Radiance Data (B1)
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
In 1983, the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) began collecting satellite data from the international geostationary meteorological satellites as well as NOAA POES satellites around the world in an effort to characterize global cloudiness.
Description
Due to computing limitations at the time, data were subsampled to ~10 km were archived for future processing. This subsampled data is called B1 data.
ISCCP B1 data are a collection of measurements from imagers on international geostationaru satellites which are sub-sampled to approximately 10 km and 3 hourly. The ISCCP B1 data are primarily composed of visible (VIS), infrared water vapor (IRWVP) and infrared window (IRWIN) channels (roughly 0.6um, 6.7um and 11um, respectively). The visible and infrared channels are window channels that are more sensitive to the surface than the atmosphere which helps discriminate clouds from clear sky [2].
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Conversely, the water vapor channel is mostly opaque and as such, is not used in the ISCCP cloud mask algorithm.
Links
Get the data
- ncei.noaa.gov /metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc%3AC00576/h… ↗
Dataset landing page with general information and access links for the dataset.
download · from NASA CMR
- Search for ISCCP B1 data via the interface. ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/international-satellite-cloud-climat… ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- ncei.noaa.gov /data/international-satellite-cloud-climatology-project-isccp-r… ↗
Rolling 60 day store of GOES-16/17 ISCCP B1 data. For data older than 60 days, please contact customer service at ncei.info@noaa.gov.
download · from NASA CMR
- ncdc.noaa.gov /has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=3645&subqueryby=STATION&appl… ↗
Search the data archive and submit an order for ISCCP B1 data via the interface. Not for GOES 16/17.
download · from NASA CMR
- Search for ISCCP B1 imagery via the interface. ncdc.noaa.gov/gibbs ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- ISCCP Project Website ncdc.noaa.gov/isccp ↗
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- doi.org /10.1175/1520-0477(1991)072%3c0002:icdp%3e2.0.co;2 ↗
W.B. Rossow, R.A. Schiffer (1991): ISCCP Cloud Data Products. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Volume 72 No. 1 pp2-20.
documentation · from NASA CMR
- data.nodc.noaa.gov /cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc%3AC01551 ↗
The B1U dataset takes the disparate formats submitted as B1 and creates a uniform/standard way of accessing the data.
documentation · from NASA CMR
- doi.org /10.1175/1520-0477(1985)066%3C1498:igrdsa%3E2.0.co;2 ↗
Schiffer, R.A., and Rossow, W.B., 1983: The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP): The First Project of the World Climate Research Programme. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 64, 779-784.
documentation · from NASA CMR
- pubs.giss.nasa.gov /docs/1983/1983_Schiffer_sc01000b.pdf ↗
Schiffer, R.A., and Rossow, W.B., 1983: The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP): The First Project of the World Climate Research Programme. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 64, 779-784.
documentation · from NASA CMR
- www1.ncdc.noaa.gov /pub/data/metadata/images/C00576.jpg ↗
Sample infrared image from ISCCP B1: GOES-7 data from March 13, 1993.
preview image · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2107093287-NOAA_NCEI.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2107093287-NOAA_NCEI.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer · Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2 · Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 · Clouds · Earth Remote Sensing Instruments · FY (Feng-Yun) · GMS & Japan Geostationary Meteorological Satellite · GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) · Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers · Infrared Radiance · METEOSAT · Not provided · Passive Remote Sensing · SMS & Synchronous Meteorological Satellite · Spectrometers/Radiometers
- Inferred from text
- Climate change science 73%
Provenance · 1 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2107093287-NOAA_NCEI | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3702 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (73%) |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:avhrr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:avhrr-2 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:avhrr-3 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:earth-remote-sensing-instruments | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:imaging-spectrometers-radiometers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:passive-remote-sensing | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:spectrometers-radiometers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/infrared-radiance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:fy-feng-yun | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:gms-japan-geostationary-meteorological-satellite | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:goes-geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteosat | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:sms-synchronous-meteorological-satellite | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |