The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) pioneered the development of multi-decadal cloud climate records (1983-present) from the operational meteorological geostationary imagers. In 2022+,the entire globe will be encircled by a new generation of advanced geostationary imagers(ABI,AHI,AMI,FCI,AGRI etc). The Next Generation of the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP-NG) is proposed by GEWEX as a follow-on to the classic ISCCP to capitalize on these new capabilities. These sensors will provide full-disk scans every 10-15 minutes with roughly 18 (12 common) channels and with spatial resolutions of 2km for thermal channels and finer spatial resolutions for selected solar channels. The challenge facing ISCCP-NG is to define a new baseline from this data and the processing methods to extract meaningful information for the scientific community in the coming decades.

Links to ISCCP-NG

• Access to ISCCP-NG L1g Data
• L1g Source Code
• ISCCP-NG Documentation
• ISCCP-NG Presentations
• Agenda for Upcoming ISCCP-NG Meeting

Related Efforts

• NASA GISS ISCCP
• NOAA NCEI ISCCP
• ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative
• EUMETSAT CM-SAF
• NOAA PATMOS-x
• GEWEX Data and Analysis Panel (GDAP)
• International Cloud Working Group (ICWG)

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