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 <em>seviri_labels_* </em>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 <em>seviri_statistics</em> 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 <em>"A Lagrangian Perspective on the Lifecycle and Cloud Radiative Effect of Deep Convective Clouds Over Africa" </em>by William k. Jones, Martin Stengel and Philip Stier, which is to be submitted to ACP