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: (FORTH_Ed01a) 1) Contact for scientific questions about data Name: Ilias Vardavas Address: Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, P.O. Box 1527,GR-711 10 Heraklion, Greece. Telephone: +30 2810 391055 E-mail address: vardavas@physics.uoc.gr URL:http://www.iesl.forth.gr/research/tccc/environmental/index.asp, http://esrb.iesl.forth.gr 2) What is the name of the original archived data set from which this GEWEX-RFA subset was produced? 3) Is the original archived data set currently available from another data center or web site? If so, please list addresses or URLs: http://esrb.iesl.forth.gr (partially) 4) Brief data description: a) For longwave fluxes: Monthly Longwave Fluxes calculated using cloud data from ISCCP-D2 and atmospheric temperature and specific humidity from NCEP Reanalysis. http://esrb.iesl.forth.gr/04data_access/01data_access.htm b) For shortwave fluxes: Monthly Shortwave Fluxes calculated using cloud data from ISCCP-D2 and atmospheric temperature and specific humidity from NCEP Reanalysis. http://esrb.iesl.forth.gr/04data_access/01data_access.htm 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. 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. a) For longwave fluxes: Presented in "Ten-year global distribution of downwelling longwave radiation" Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 3, 5099-5137, 2003 http://www.cosis.net/members/journals/df/article.php?a_id=401 b) For shortwave fluxes: "A 17-year Global Distribution of Earth's Surface Shortwave Radiation Budget", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5, 2847-2867 2005 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/5/4545/2005/acpd-5-4545-2005.html 7) If you would like a specific citation or acknowlegment when these data are used in a publication, please provide that here: 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: list here) _____ Time series (Parameters: list here) 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/