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- Cloud Properties from ISCCP and PATMOS-x Corrected for Spurious Variability Related to Changes in Satellite Orbits, Instrument Calibrations, and Other Factors
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A post hoc empirical correction procedure has been applied to grid
box anomalies in total cloud amount from the International Satellite
Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) dataset and the Pathfinder
Atmospheres - Extended (PATMOS-x) dataset to remove spurious
variability related to changes in satellite orbit, instrument
calibration, and other factors. The corrected satellite cloud
datasets are useful for investigation of regional cloud changes but
can not be used for studies of globally averaged cloud change
because the methods employed remove any real cloud variability
occurring on global scales together with spurious variability. Also
note that the correction procedure does not remove spatial biases in
climatological mean cloud properties. The available corrected data
include monthly anomalies in total cloud amount on a 2.5 degree by
2.5 degree grid for the time period 1983-2009 (the first six months
of 1983 are not available for ISCCP). No data are available poleward
of 60 degree latitude due to difficulty in accurately retrieving
cloud properties over cold, bright surfaces.
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