Cloud-CCI+ SEVIRI CRE case study dataset

A dataset of tracked DCC cores and anvils over sub-Saharan Africa (approximately 18°W-46°E, 31°S-15°N)  for four months (May 2016 to August 2016). The dataset tracks the cloud properties and their cloud radiative effect over the lifetime of each DCC.

The files contained within seviri_labels_* contain daily data of tracked DCCs on the SEVIRI grid with spatial masks corresponding to each detected anvil and core at each time step.

The files contained within seviri_statistics contain the properties of each DCC core and anvil at each timestep along their lifetime. Each file contains all DCCs tracked within one month.

This dataset accompanies the article "A Lagrangian Perspective on the Lifecycle and Cloud Radiative Effect of Deep Convective Clouds Over Africa" by William k. Jones, Martin Stengel and Philip Stier, which is to be submitted to ACP