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Title: World Cloud Cover, 1996

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1996

Summary

Cloud Cover is a point theme representing the mean percentage of sunshine or cloudiness for areas throughout the world. Measurements are represented by points at every.5 degrees and provided for every month of the year. This dataset is a part of the Global Climate Database from the Global Change Department National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection.

Subjects

  • World
  • ClimatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, 179.5, 83.0, -56.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, 179.5, 83.0, -56.0)

Provider

Columbia

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

Global Change Department National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection. World Cloud Cover, 1996. Point data. https://geodata.library.columbia.edu/catalog/sde-columbia-landinfo_world_cloudcover_1996

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English