1.3 CMOR Variable: CALIPSO Total Cloud Cover Percentage (cltcalipso)

Record Label : cltcalipso

Record Title : CALIPSO Total Cloud Cover Percentage

Record Identifier : baaaf2e8-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-013

MIP Variable : cltcalipso

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Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 1

Data value type, e.g. float or double : real

Modeling Realm : atmos

CMOR Directive Positive :

Section of a table : CFday_2d

Link to MIP table record : CFday

The MIP table : CFday

Provenance : CFday ((isd.003))

Provenance Note : CFday_2d

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : day

Row index of entry in source sheet : 41

Description : Total cloud area fraction (reported as a percentage) for the whole atmospheric column, as seen by the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) instrument. Includes both large-scale and convective cloud.

Sub-group of variables in a table : cfDay_2d

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : cltcalipso ((isd.006))