Maldives KCO All Sky Camera Imagery
Summary
This data set is a collection of 17140 daytime cloud images taken with a Total Sky Imager (TSI; Yankee Environmental Systems) at the Kaashidhoo Climate Observatory (KCO) in the Maldives, during the 1999 INDOEX intensive field phase. The data set starts on 19 February 1999 at 10:43:39 Universal Time and ends on 31 March 1999 at 13:08:33 UT. KCO is located at 4.9664 degrees N and 73.4657 degrees E, the TSI was mounted about 5 m above sea level (mean elevation of the site is about 0.5-1.0 m) on the rooftop of the accommodation house.
Data access
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Temporal coverage
| Begin datetime | 1999-02-19 00:00:00 |
| End datetime | 1999-03-31 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
25.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
-25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
50.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
100.00
Primary point of contact information
Jurgen M. Lobert <jlobert@ucsd.edu>
Additional contact information
- author: Jurgen M. Lobert <jlobert@ucsd.edu>
- author: Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate (C4), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California - San Diego
- principalInvestigator: Jurgen M. Lobert <jlobert@ucsd.edu>
Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines:Lobert, J., Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate (C4), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California - San Diego. 2011. Maldives KCO All Sky Camera Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/22.050. Accessed 25 Sep 2022.
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