CLOUDSAT data =================================== The data included here are July 2006 -- December 2010 CloudSat 94 GHz Radar + CALIOP Lidar Cloud Fraction climatologies. Usage ----- Please include the following reference when using this dataset: Kay, J. E., and A. Gettelman (2009), Cloud influence on and response to seasonal Arctic sea ice loss, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D18204. `doi:10.1029/2009JD011773 `_. This citation has been provided in BibTeX form in the ``$LEX/data/clouds/cloudsat/Kay2009.bib`` file with ``Kay2009`` as the citation key, and will be rendered in the references section on the output website. Files ----- * ``CLOUDSAT_[MM]_aavg_climo.nc`` -- The July 2006 -- December 2010 average cloud cover for the month ``MM``. * ``CLOUDSAT_ANN_climo.nc`` -- The July 2006 -- December 2010 annual average cloud cover. Rehost ------ These climatologies were created from the daily Cloudsat data, which is freely available after registration at http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/, and were made for comparing with model data. They are available freely after registering with CESM here: http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/working_groups/Atmosphere/amwg-diagnostics-package/find-code.html Please see https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/cloudsat for more details on how these climatologies were produced.