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Surface Solar Irradiance Derived from ISCCP

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  • UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS
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  • Surface Solar Irradiance Derived from ISCCP
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  • NCAR_DS741.0
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  • Bishop, J.K.B., W.B. Rossow, and E.G. Dutton, 1997: Surface solar irradiance from ISCCP 1983-1991. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres), 102, 6883-6910. Liu, W.T., Zhang, A., and J.K.B. Bishop, 1994: Evaporation and solar irradiance as regulators of sea surface temperature in annual and inter annual changes. J. Geophys. Res., 99(C6), 12623-12637. Bishop, J.K.B. and W.B. Rossow, 1991: Spatial and temporal variability of global surface solar irradiance. J. Geophys. Res., 96(C9), 16839-16858.
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  • Global surface solar irradiance data derived from ISCCP data in 2.5-degree-square boxes. Daily and monthly total irradiance, daily clear sky irradiance, monthly cloud fraction, and standard deviation of total irradiance. The new high-resolution (DX) data is in ds741.1 dataset.
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