International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project - Initiative I (ISLSCP I) Dataset

The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project was established in 1983 under the United Nation's Environmental Programme to promote the use of satellite data for the global land surface data sets needed for climate studies. This CD-ROM set contains the Initiative I data collection.

The collection four areas : land cover, hydro-meteorology, radiation, and soils, spanning the 24 month period 1987-1988. All but one are mapped to a common spatial resolution and grid (1 degree x 1 degree). Temporal resolution for most datasets is monthly; however, a few are at a finer resolution (e.g., 6-hourly). The data within the four areas are organized into five groups within this collection: vegetation, Hydrology and Soils, Snow, Ice and Oceans, Radiation and Clouds, and Near-Surface Meteorology. This dataset collection is public.

While ISLSCP Inititative I covers 2 years (1987 and 1988), ISLSCP Inititative II spans a 10-year period for 1986 to 1995.

Identification info

Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 1996-12-10T03:05:45

Dataset Reference Date (): 1996-12-10T03:05:45

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/48c9cd8b8dd43490c8d786a28e9c1a44

Identifier: NASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) / 48c9cd8b8dd43490c8d786a28e9c1a44

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA Goddard) - author

GEWEX ISLSCP Project - author

Unavailable - Sellers, P.J. ( author )

Unavailable - Meeson, B. ( author )

Unavailable - Closs, J. ( author )

Unavailable - Collatz, G. James ( author )

Unavailable - Corprew, F. ( author )

Unavailable - Dazlich, D.A. ( author )

Unavailable - Hall, F.G. ( author )

Unavailable - Kerr, Y. ( author )

Unavailable - Koster, R. ( author )

Unavailable - Los, Sietse O. ( author )

Unavailable - Mitchell, Karl L. ( author )

Unavailable - McManus, J.M. ( author )

Unavailable - Myers, D. ( author )

Unavailable - Sun, K. ( author )

Unavailable - Try, P. ( author )

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) - publisher

USA

Maintenance and update frequency: unknown

Update scope: series

Keywords

Satellite
Land Surface
Climatology

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

atmospheric conditions

Limitations on Public Access: otherRestrictions

Other constraints: Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.

Use constraints: otherRestrictions

Other constraints: Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.

Spatial representation type: grid

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 1988-12-31T00:00:00

Code: WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format

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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Snow, Ice and Oceans
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Resource Locator: BADC Doc: ISLSCP I List of References
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Resource Locator: GEWEX ISLSCP website
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP II at the BADC
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Resource Locator: BADC Doc: ISLSCP I Status page
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Near Surface Meteorology
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Radiation and Clouds
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Vegetation: Land cover and Biophysics
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Resource Locator: BADC Doc: ISLSCP Documentation
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Hydrology and soils
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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Snow, Ice and Oceans
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Resource Locator: BADC Doc: ISLSCP I List of References
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Resource Locator: GEWEX ISLSCP website
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP II at the BADC
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Resource Locator: BADC Doc: ISLSCP I Status page
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Near Surface Meteorology
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Radiation and Clouds
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Vegetation: Land cover and Biophysics
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Resource Locator: BADC Doc: ISLSCP Documentation
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Resource Locator: ISLSCP - Hydrology and soils
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Quality Scope: series

Report

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

Metadata

File identifier: 48c9cd8b8dd43490c8d786a28e9c1a44 XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646

Resource type: series

Hierarchy level name: series

Metadata Date: 2023-09-21T00:28:44

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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