GEWEX-RFA Data Set Description Before attempting to submit data, please read "How to Participate" (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GEWEX-RFA/documents/how_to_participate.html) and the "File Convention" document (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GEWEX-RFA/documents/data_format.html) for detailed instructions on the data submission process. Please maintain a copy of this form for each data product (defined by _ as in the "File Conventions" document) you submit to GEWEX-RFA, and submit an updated copy of the file with EACH upload. This file will serve as the documentation for the entire data product within the assessment effort. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Title: GEWEX-RFA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Data product name: ERBEERBSNONSCANNERWFOV-MOD_Ed3R1 (_) 1) Contact for scientific questions about data Name: Lin Chambers Address: MS 420, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Telephone: 757-864-4371 E-mail address: l.h.chambers@larc.nasa.gov URL: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/people_html/lin.html 2) What is the name of the original archived data set from which this GEWEX-RFA subset was produced? ERBE_S10N_WFOV_SF_Edition3 3) Is the original archived data set currently available from another data center or web site? If so, please list addresses or URLs: Yes: eosweb.larc.nasa.gov (Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center) 4) Brief data description: A reference or URL for the complete original archived data set documentation, followed by a brief summary of features of particular relevance to the RFA submission (such as gap filling method), is the preferred approach. (Items of interest: input data streams, name of algorithm used to produce data, start and end time of data, gaps in spatial or temporal coverage, and data quality issues, etc.). http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GUIDE/dataset_documents/erbe_s10n.html ERBE/ERBS Non-Scanner WFOV shape factor 10 degree monthly mean data from 11/85 to 09/99. Because of the large spatial scale, only all-sky parameters are included. 5) History of updates and changes. If you resubmit a new version of any part of this data product to GEWEX-RFA, please use this space to record the reasons for the new submission (i.e., fixed error in ___ parameter; changed to area-weighted spatial averaging, etc.) Please specify the parameter(s) affected, new RFA number(s), and the date of the change. The ERBE/ERBS Nonscanner WFOV shape factor data submitted to GEWEX-RFA contains Edition3_Rev1 user-applied correction. This correction is not in the archived Edition3 data set. Information on this user-applied correction is available through the ERBE/ERBS Nonscanner Edition3 data quality summary. In addition, the ERBE/ERBS Nonscanner data submitted to GEWEX-RFA is a special data set that represents the temporal average over the 72-days ERBS satellite precession cycle. This is done to correct the deficiencies in the monthly mean data including aliasing of the diurnal cycle of shortwave radiation into the monthly mean shortwave data over the long term record and incomplete sampling of the diurnal cycle of shortwave radiation over a month in extra-tropical regions. 6) Please provide a list of publications and journal articles pertaining to these data (if any); or a link to a bibliography for the product. Barkstrom, B. R., 1984: The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., V. 65, No. 11, pp. 1170-1185. Barkstrom, B. R., and Smith, G. L., 1986: The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment: Science and Implementation, Rev. Geophys., V. 24, No. 2, pp. 379-380. Brooks, D. R., E. F. Harrison, P. Minnis, and J. T. Suttles, Development of Algorithms for Understanding the Temporal and Spatial Variability of the Earth's Radiation Balance, Rev. Geophys., V. 24, No. 2, pp. 422-438. Barkstrom, B. R., Harrison, E., Smith, G., Green, R., Kibler, J., Cess, R. and the ERBE Science Team, 1989: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Archival and April 1985 Results, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., V. 70, No. 10, pp. 1254-1262. Wong, T., B. A. Wielicki, R. B. Lee, III, G. L. Smith, K. A. Bush, and J. K. Willis, 2006: Re-examination of the Observed Decadal Variability of Earth Radiation Budget using Altitude-corrected ERBE/ERBS Nonscanner WFOV data. J. Climate, in press. An extensive ERBE bibliography is available (http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/erbe/erbe_references.pdf) 7) If you would like a specific citation or acknowlegment when these data are used in a publication, please provide that here: When data from the Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center are used in a publication, we request the following acknowledgment be included: "These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center." 8) Please indicate below all data types currently included in the GEWEX-RFA archive for this data product. A) Top of atmosphere data products __X__ Maps (Parameters: AALB, ALWUP, ASWDN, ASWUP, ATOTNET) _____ Time series (Parameters: AALB, ALWUP, ASWDN, ASWUP, ATOTNET) B) Surface data products _____ Maps (Parameters: list here) _____ Time series (Parameters: list here) C) Ground-based measurements _____ Time series (Parameters: list here) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atmospheric Science Data Center NASA Langley Research Center User and Data Services MS 157D 2 South Wright St. Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Tel: (757) 864-8656 Fax: (757) 864-8807 Internet: larc@eos.nasa.gov URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/