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International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP II)

Overview

[ISLSCP II Logo]The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II) was part of the Global Energy and Water Experiment (GEWEX) and was responsible for addressing land-atmosphere interactions, process modeling, data retrieval algorithms, field experiment design and execution, and the development of global data sets. The ISLSCP II data set collection contains about 50 comprehensive data sets over the 10 year period from 1986 through 1995 focused on land cover, hydrometeorology, radiation, and soils.


International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project II Datasets List

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Ancillary Data (1 dataset)

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*ISLSCP II Land and Water Masks with Ancillary Data2023-10-15 2013-12-11 user guide download 1.6MB

Carbon (11 datasets)

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*ISLSCP II Air-Sea Carbon Dioxide Gas Exchange2023-10-15 2014-03-12 user guide download 4.6MB
*ISLSCP II Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Consumption by Continental Erosion 2023-10-15 2011-07-01 user guide download 2.0MBsdat
*ISLSCP II Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuels, Cement, and Gas Flaring2023-10-15 2011-07-01 user guide download 3.0MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Carbon Dioxide Flux at Harvard Forest and Northern BOREAS Sites 2023-10-15 2011-09-21 user guide download 7.2MBthredds
*ISLSCP II EDGAR 3 Gridded Greenhouse and Ozone Precursor Gas Emissions 2023-10-15 2011-07-01 user guide download 3.3MBsdat
*ISLSCP II GPPDI, Net Primary Productivity (NPP) Class B Point Data 2023-10-15 2011-09-21 user guide download 1.9MBthredds
*ISLSCP II Global Primary Production Data Initiative Gridded NPP Data 2023-10-15 2011-07-01 user guide download 831.5KBsdat
*ISLSCP II Global River Fluxes of Carbon and Sediments to the Oceans 2023-10-15 2011-09-21 user guide download 1.4MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II GlobalView: Atmospheric Methane Concentrations2023-10-15 2012-08-24 user guide download 2.4MB
*ISLSCP II Globalview: Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations 2023-10-15 2012-08-24 user guide download 4.6MB
*ISLSCP II IGBP NPP Output from Terrestrial Biogeochemistry Models2023-10-15 2011-09-21 user guide download 1.6MBsdatthredds

Hydrology and Soils (9 datasets)

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*ISLSCP II Gauge-Based Analyses of Daily Precipitation over Global Land Areas2023-10-15 2011-03-07 user guide download 687.5MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Global Gridded Soil Characteristics 2023-10-15 2011-05-05 user guide download 3.0MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) Monthly Precipitation 2023-10-15 2011-02-25 user guide download 45.0MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Global Precipitation Climatology Project Version 1, Pentad Precipitation2023-10-15 2011-03-07 user guide download 67.2MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Global Precipitation Climatology Project Version 2, Monthly Precipitation 2023-10-15 2011-03-07 user guide download 27.0MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II HYDRO1k Elevation-derived Products2023-10-15 2011-05-05 user guide download 7.8MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II River Routing Data (STN-30p)2023-10-15 2011-05-05 user guide download 6.0MBsdat
*ISLSCP II Total Plant-Available Soil Water Storage Capacity of the Rooting Zone 2023-10-15 2011-05-05 user guide download 781.3KBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II UNH/GRDC Composite Monthly Runoff 2023-10-15 2011-02-25 user guide download 64.3MBsdat

Near Surface Meteorology (4 datasets)

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*ISLSCP II CRU05 Climate Time Series for Global Land Areas, 1986-19952023-10-15 2011-06-13 user guide download 81.1MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Climate Research Unit CRU05 Monthly Climate Data2023-10-15 2011-06-13 user guide download 15.4MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II ECMWF Near-Surface Meteorology Parameters2023-10-15 2014-06-05 user guide
*ISLSCP II Reanalysis Near-Surface Meteorology Data2023-10-15 2014-06-16 user guide

Radiation and Clouds (2 datasets)

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*ISLSCP II Cloud and Meteorology Parameters 2023-10-15 2012-04-12 user guide download 490.3MBsdat
*ISLSCP II Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Radiation Data 2023-10-15 2013-12-11 user guide

Snow, Sea Ice, and Oceans (3 datasets)

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*ISLSCP II Global Sea Ice Concentration 2023-10-15 2010-07-26 user guide download 22.3MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Northern Hemisphere Monthly Snow Cover Extent 2023-10-15 2010-07-26 user guide download 6.6MBsdat
*ISLSCP II Sea Surface Temperature 2023-10-15 2010-07-26 user guide download 71.2MBsdat

Socioeconomics (2 datasets)

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*ISLSCP II Global Gridded Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 1990 2023-10-15 2010-04-19 user guide download 1.4MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Global Population of the World 2023-10-15 2010-04-19 user guide download 5.0MBsdatthredds

Vegetation (19 datasets)

select all Vegetation ISLSCP II dataset Updated Published User Guide Download Size SDATTHREDDS
*ISLSCP II AVHRR Albedo and BRDF, 1995 2023-10-15 2009-09-28 user guide download 23.1MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II C4 Vegetation Percentage 2023-10-15 2009-10-07 user guide download 86.0KBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Continuous Fields of Vegetation Cover, 1992-1993 2023-10-15 2009-10-07 user guide download 3.3MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Monthly Albedo, 1986-1990 2023-10-15 2009-11-23 user guide download 2.6MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Ecosystem Rooting Depths 2023-10-15 2009-10-07 user guide download 1.3MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II FASIR-adjusted NDVI Biophysical Parameter Fields, 1982-19982023-10-15 2010-04-14 user guide download 603.2MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II FASIR-adjusted NDVI, 1982-19982023-10-15 2010-04-14 user guide download 143.5MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II GIMMS Monthly NDVI, 1981-2002 2023-10-15 2010-04-14 user guide download 143.1MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Historical Croplands Cover, 1700-1992 2023-10-15 2010-02-25 user guide download 3.0MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Historical Land Cover and Land Use, 1700-1990 2023-10-15 2010-02-25 user guide download 831.4KBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II IGBP DISCover and SiB Land Cover, 1992-19932023-10-15 2009-10-07 user guide download 7.6MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Leaf Area Index (LAI) from Field Measurements, 1932-20002023-10-15 2010-04-14 user guide download 1.3MBthredds
*ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) Albedo, 2002 2023-10-15 2009-12-01 user guide download 307.4MBsdat
*ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) IGBP Land Cover, 2000-2001 2023-10-15 2010-02-25 user guide download 3.7MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II Monthly Snow-Free Albedo, 1982-1998, and Background Soil Reflectance 2023-10-15 2010-01-25 user guide download 8.4MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II NOAA 5-year Average Monthly Snow-free Albedo from AVHRR2023-10-15 2010-01-25 user guide sdat
*ISLSCP II Potential Natural Vegetation Cover 2023-10-15 2010-02-25 user guide download 259.4KBsdat
*ISLSCP II Snow-Free, Spatially Complete, 16 Day Albedo, 2002 2023-10-15 2009-12-08 user guide download 246.0MBsdatthredds
*ISLSCP II University of Maryland Global Land Cover Classifications, 1992-1993 2023-10-15 2010-02-25 user guide download 3.5MBsdat

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