Sep 15, 2025 · The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) provides data on various aspects of cloud variables like cloud amount, optical thickness, and cloud top temperature. The data, …

The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) was established as the first project of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP). Since its inception in 1982, there have been two phases, …

Clouds affect the climate but changes in the climate, in turn, affect the clouds. This relationship creates a complicated system of climate feedbacks, in which clouds modulate Earth's radiation and water …

2 days ago · Low clouds significantly influence Earth’s radiation budget, but their climate feedback remains highly uncertain due to complex interactions with meteorological conditions across spatial …

Aug 20, 2025 · Clouds, once Earth’s natural coolers, are shifting due to global warming – shrinking reflective zones and expanding warmer ones – triggering a feedback loop that’s accelerating climate …

The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) pioneered the development of multi-decadal cloud climate records (1983-present) from the operational meteorological geostationary …

Dec 11, 2025 · Figure 1 illustrates cloud types distinguished by cloud base height and morphology, as initially classified by surface observers. Cloud morphology, stratiform or cumuliform, indicates …

6 days ago · Cloud-related parameterizations remain a leading source of uncertainty in climate projections. Although machine learning holds promise for Earth system models (ESMs), many data …

To stimulate and coordinate basic research on techniques for inferring the physical properties of clouds from the condensed radiance data set and to apply the resulting algorithms to derive and validate a …

The ISCCP cloud datasets provide our first systematic global view of cloud behavior of the space and time scales of the weather yet covering a long enough time period to encompass several El Niño - La …