Data · dataset · 2026
Global Distribution of Total Cloud Cover and Cloud Type Amounts Over Land
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This is the third of a series of atlases to result from a study of the global cloud climatology from ground-based observations.
Description
The first two atlases (NCAR/TN-201+STR and NCAR/TN-241+STR) described the frequency of occurrence of each cloud type and the co-occurrence of different types, but included no information about cloud amounts. The present atlas describes, for the land areas of the earth, the average total cloud cover and the amounts of each cloud type, and their geographical, diurnal, seasonal, and interannual variations, as well as the average base heights of the low clouds.
A fourth atlas, in preparation, does the same for the ocean areas of the earth.
Links
Get the data
- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d79g5m77 ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/global-distribution-of-total-cloud-cover-and-cloud-typ… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=76500ee7-0f5f-47f1-a3da-ab1440a67… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 76500ee7-0f5f-47f1-a3da-ab1440a6762b | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |