NOAA-14 AVHRR NRL Cloud Classification Product
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/68.013

Summary
The NOAA POES AVHRR NRL Cloud Classification Product (JPG) is one of several
satellite products collected as part of the Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine
Stratocumulus PhaseII: Entrainment Studies (DYCOMS-II) project field catalog
operated by the National Center For Atmospheric Research/Earth Observing
Laboratory (NCAR/EOL: http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dycoms). The Naval Research
Laboratory (NRL) utilizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) from the NOAA-14 satellite to develop cloud
classifications. Two products are included in this data set. The five class
product groups clouds into five classes labeled low, middle, high, vertical,
and clear. The 11 class product groups clouds into 11 classes based on cloud
types. The products cover the period from 1-31 July 2001 and cover varying
portions of the western United States and Eastern Pacific Ocean. The products
are available at NOAA-14 satellite overpass times which during DYCOMS-II were
typically 1200-1500 UTC and 2300-0300 UTC. The products were acquired from the
NRL.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 68.013
 * doi:10.26023/R7MG-JP59-5R0S
   https://doi.org/10.26023/R7MG-JP59-5R0S

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Tag, P., Bankert, R. 2008. DYCOMS-II: NOAA-14 AVHRR NRL Cloud Classification
 Product. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/R7MG-JP59-5R0S Accessed 20 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * DYCOMS-II: Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Phase II
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DYCOMS-II

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: raster
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Satellite

Platforms
 * POES NOAA-14

Instruments
 * Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - AVHRR

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES

Documentation
 * readme_avhrr_cloudclass.txt [21 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/417304E6/readme_avhrr_cloudclass.txt

Related links
 * homepage: DYCOMS-II Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/dycoms-ii
 * info: DYCOMS-II Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dycoms/catalog/missions/

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2001-07-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2001-07-31 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 26.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -127.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -115.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Paul Tag <tag@nrlmry.navy.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/289

Additional contact information
 * author: Paul Tag <tag@nrlmry.navy.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/289
 * author: Rich Bankert <bankert@nrlmry.navy.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2804

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/68.013?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/68.013?format=isotc211