The GEWEX Cloud Assessment focused on evaluating global L3 cloud products. Each cloud team used the same approach to create its L3 dataset, providing one file per cloud property, per individual year, and per observation time of day on a 1° lat x 1° lon grid. All variables were first averaged over the grid cells and then over the month. The data can be accessed using anonymous ftp-links Years, Instruments, and Variables, or the three panels below.
We provide the statistical information (monthly averages, day-to-day variability, and histograms) on the variables. In addition, we separated the statistics by pressure (high, low, and middle level clouds) and by cloud thermodynamical phase (liquid/ice). DATABASE DESCRIPTION USAGE POLICY
