[TZGISUG] Cloud cover data?

Howard Frederick simbamangu at gmail.com
Wed Jun 15 15:33:00 EAT 2016


Hi Jeffrey / Ned - thanks, I”m trying to get an idea of the range of various products; there is a confusing array, and I have never dealt with a netCDF file (.nc4) before!

Cloud mask looks like a suitable one though, will try that out.




> On Jun 15, 2016, at 13:47, Ned Horning via TZGISUG <tzgisug at lists.habari.co.tz> wrote:
> 
> Hi - 
> 
> There are a few MODIS products that might be helpful but they give a snapshot for a day and not images throughout a day. These are the MODIS links: 
> Cloud mask: http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MOD35_L2/ <http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MOD35_L2/>
> Cloud variables: http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MOD06_L2/ <http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MOD06_L2/>
> Cloud fraction: http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MYDAL2_M_CLD_FR <http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MYDAL2_M_CLD_FR>
> 
> For more frequent (every six hours) data you can try the NOAA archives: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/f_ind.html <http://www.goes.noaa.gov/f_ind.html>
> 
> Ned
> 
> On 06/15/2016 02:56 AM, Howard Frederick via TZGISUG wrote:
>> Hi all - 
>> 
>> I’m interested in looking at the historical amount of cloud cover over various parts of Tanzania - with the aim of predicting, month by month, what the best time for aerial photography would be. 
>> 
>> Any idea what kinds of cloud cover data there are, and where to find them?
>> 
>> I’m imagining something like the rainfall rasters, showing % cover per pixel, month by month. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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