netcdf files/d741005/isccp.tot_amt.corr.jan1983-dec2009.nc {
  dimensions:
    lon = 144;
    lat = 72;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (324 currently)
  variables:
    float lon(lon=144);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    float lat(lat=72);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    double decimal_year(time=324);
      :long_name = "center point time in decimal years";
      :units = "1.0";

    double time(time=324);
      :long_name = "time";
      :units = "hours since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
      :_FillValue = 9.969209968386869E36; // double

    float total_vis_ir_amt_monthly_anom(time=324, lat=72, lon=144);
      :long_name = "monthly anomaly of total cloud amount (VIS/IR daytime hours)";
      :units = "%";
      :_FillValue = 9.96921E36f; // float
      :missing_value = 9.96921E36f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :Source = "ISCCP D1 series corrected for spurious variability and averaged to monthly anomalies";
  :Title = "monthly anomalies in satellite-observed cloud properties corrected for spurious variability related to satelite orbits, instrument calibrations, and other factors";
  :Archive = "These data are archived at the Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research";
  :Citation = "Please cite: Norris, J. R., and A. T. Evan, 2015: Cloud Properties from ISCCP and PATMOS-x Corrected for Spurious Variability Related to Changes in Satellite Orbits, Instrument Calibrations, and Other Factors. Research Data Archive at the  National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO. [Available online  at http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/D62J68XR.]";
  :Method = "Norris, J. R., and A. T. Evan, 2015: Empirical removal of artifacts from the ISCCP and PATMOS-x satellite cloud records. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00058.1";
  :Contact = "For questions regarding the correction of the ISCCP dataset, please contact Joel Norris at jnorris@ucsd.edu.";
}