ISCCP, central archive, catalog of data and products  [computer file] 
 ISCCP catalog of data and products   International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project, central archive, catalog of data and products 
compiled and edited by Katherine B. Kidwell and Daniel R. Poltar ; produced by National Climatic Data Center.  
 - Version 1.0.  
, Computer data.  
 - Asheville, N.C.  Suitland, MD  The Center  NCDC Satellite Services Branch  [1998- 
 - 1 computer laser optical disc  4 3/4 in.  
<br/><br/> Title from title frame.  Shipping list no.: 99-0012-E.  "November 1998"--Disc label.   CD release updated periodically to incorporate latest changes. Available online from http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/isccp/toc.html.   Recent revisions available via Internet through NCDC ftp://ftp2.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/doc/isccp/ and http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/isccp/toc.html. Also NASA maintained ISCCP home page at http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/  
<br/><br/> ISCCP, designed to produce a 5 year global cloud climatology database by an international array of geostationary and polar orbiting meteorological satellites, has been extended twice to a collection period of 17 years. It provides reduced resolution, infrared or visible, calibrated or normalized, radiance data from which cloud parameters can be derived; coordinates such techniques; and promotes research to improve understanding of earth's radiation budget and hydrological cycle.  
<br/><br/><br/>Systems requirements: ISO-9660 format CD-ROM designed for use with any WWW browser that meets HTML v3.2 draft specifications. [For those who lack such a browser or Internet access, FAICO Information Solutions' NavRoad offline HTML browser is added to disc.]  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Clouds--Databases.     <br/>Hydrometeorology--Periodicity.     <br/>Atmospheric radiation--Databases.     
<br/><br/><label>GPO Item No.: </label>0274-F 
<br/><br/><label>Gov. Doc. Class. No.: </label>C 55.281/2-2:SA 8/CD