Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment Radiative Flux Assessment

The ultimate goal of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) global data analysis projects is to obtain observations of the elements of the global energy and water cycle with sufficient detail and accuracy to diagnose the causes of recent climate variations in terms of the energy and water exchanges among the main climate components (atmosphere, ocean, land, cryosphere, biosphere). The GEWEX Radiative Flux Assessment (RFA) project will provide a forum for consistent analysis of long-term radiative flux products, primarily top-of-atmosphere (TOA) and surface fluxes, to establish a foundation for better global radiation budget analysis.

The GEWEX-RFA activity has been completed. The official GEWEX-RFA report is now available directly from the World Climate Research Programme website.

Please note that newer versions of the CERES and GEWEX SRB data sets are now available and users should use these newer data sets over what is in the GEWEX-RFA data archive.

Acknowledgement

We request the following acknowledgment be included: "The GEWEX Radiative Flux Assessment data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center." In addition, the provider of each data set used should be specifically acknowledged. See the product description file(s) for details.

File Conventions

Data Product / Description File Link Description Data File Size MD5SUM
ASRB_Ed001 Meteoswiss site data/data

ASRB_Ed001.zip

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BSRN_Ed001 BSRN site data/data

BSRN_Ed001.zip

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CAVE_Ed003 CERES ARM Validation Experiment (CAVE) site data/data

CAVE_Ed003.zip

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CERES-EBAF-Terra_Ed01a CERES EBAF TERRA (FM1 or FM2) monthly mean data/data from 03/2000 to 10/2005, resampled to the GEWEX RFA 2.5 degree equal angle grid.

CERES-EBAF-Terra_Ed01a.zip

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CERESERBELIKEAQUAFM3-MOD_Ed2R1 CERES/Aqua FM3 ERBE-like Edition2 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data.

CERESERBELIKEAQUAFM3-MOD_Ed2R1.zip

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CERESERBELIKETERRAFM1-MOD_Ed2R1 CERES/Terra FM1 ERBE-like Edition2 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data.

CERESERBELIKETERRAFM1-MOD_Ed2R1.zip

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CERESERBELIKETRMMPFM_Ed002 CERES/TRMM PFM ERBE-like Edition2 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data.

CERESERBELIKETRMMPFM_Ed002.zip

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CERES-SRBAVG-Terra-GEO-MOD_Ed02d CERES/SRBAVG TERRA FM1/FM2 monthly mean data/data from 03/2000 to 10/2005, resampled to the GEWEX RFA 2.5 degree equal angle grid.

CERES-SRBAVG-Terra-GEO-MOD_Ed02d.zip

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CERES-SRBAVG-Terra-nonGEO-MOD_Ed02d CERES/SRBAVG TERRA FM1/FM2 monthly mean data/data from 03/2000 to 10/2005, resampled to the GEWEX RFA 2.5 degree equal angle grid.

CERES-SRBAVG-Terra-nonGEO-MOD_Ed02d.zip

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CERESSRBAVGTRMMPFM-GEO_Ed02B CERES/SRBAVG TRMM PFM monthly mean data/data from 01/1998 to 08/1998, and 03/2000, resampled to the GEWEX RFA 2.5 degree equal angle grid.

CERESSRBAVGTRMMPFM-GEO_Ed02B.zip

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CERESSRBAVGTRMMPFM-nonGEO_Ed02B CERES/SRBAVG TRMM PFM monthly mean data/data from 01/1998 to 08/1998, and 03/2000, resampled to the GEWEX RFA 2.5 degree equal angle grid.

CERESSRBAVGTRMMPFM-nonGEO_Ed02B.zip

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DLR-ISIS_Ed001 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data from 1/84 to 12/04 based on ISCCP cloud data/data, surface fluxes derived through radiative transfer calculations

DLR-ISIS_Ed001.zip

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ECMWF-ERA40_Ed001 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forcasts (ECMWF) 40 Year Re-analysis

ECMWF-ERA40_Ed001.zip

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ERBE--ERBS-NOAA10_EdXXX ERBE/ERBS + NOAA 10 Scanner 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data from 02/87 to 05/89

ERBE--ERBS-NOAA10_EdXXX.zip

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ERBE--ERBS-NOAA9_EdXXX ERBE/ERBS + NOAA 9 Scanner 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data from 02/85 to 10/86.

ERBE--ERBS-NOAA9_EdXXX.zip

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ERBE--ERBS-NOAA9-NOAA10_EdXXX ERBE/ERBS + NOAA 9 + NOAA 10 (3 satellite product) Scanner 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data from 11/86 to 01/87

ERBE--ERBS-NOAA9-NOAA10_EdXXX.zip

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ERBEERBSNONSCANNERWFOV-MOD_Ed3R1 ERBE/ERBS Non-Scanner WFOV shape factor 10 degree monthly mean data/data from 11/85 to 09/99.

ERBEERBSNONSCANNERWFOV-MOD_Ed3R1.zip

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ERBEERBSSCANNER_EdXXX ERBE/ERBS Scanner 2.5 degree monthly mean data/data from 1/85 to 12/89.

ERBEERBSSCANNER_EdXXX.zip

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ERBEsrb-Li_EdXXX Shortwave Radiation Budgets at Surface Derived from 4 Years of ERBE Mearsurements

ERBEsrb-Li_EdXXX.zip

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FORTH_Ed01a Monthly Longwave and Shortwave Fluxes calculated using cloud data/data from ISCCP-D2 and atmospheric temperature and specific humidity from NCEP Reanalysis.

FORTH_Ed01a.zip

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GEBA_EdXXX Global Energy Balance Archive (GEBA) site data/data

GEBA_EdXXX.zip

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GEWEX-SRBGLW_Ed021 GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget Global Longwave

GEWEX-SRBGLW_Ed021.zip

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GEWEX-SRBGLW_Ed025 GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget Global Longwave

GEWEX-SRBGLW_Ed025.zip

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GEWEX-SRBGSW_Ed020 GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget Global Shortwave

GEWEX-SRBGSW_Ed020.zip

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GEWEX-SRBGSW_Ed281 GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget Global Shortwave

GEWEX-SRBGSW_Ed281.zip

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GEWEX-SRBQLW_Ed020 GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget Longwave Flux

GEWEX-SRBQLW_Ed020.zip

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GEWEX-SRBQLW_Ed025 GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget Longwave Flux

GEWEX-SRBQLW_Ed025.zip

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GEWEX-SRBQSW_Ed025 GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget Shortwave Flux

GEWEX-SRBQSW_Ed025.zip

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GFDLCM2.1_Ed001 an ensemble of coupled GCM expriments with differing initial conditions

GFDLCM2.1_Ed001.zip

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HIRSOLR_Ed200 HIRS OLR Climate Dataset Ver.2

HIRSOLR_Ed200.zip

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IPCC-AVERAGE_EdAR4 radiative solar and longwave fluxes at the ToA and surface from global climate models used in the IPCC AR4 modeling studies

IPCC-AVERAGE_EdAR4.zip

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IPCC-MEDIAN_EdAR4 radiative solar and longwave fluxes at the ToA and surface from global climate models used in the IPCC AR4 modeling studies

IPCC-MEDIAN_EdAR4.zip

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IPCC-STDDEV_EdAR4 radiative solar and longwave fluxes at the ToA and surface from global climate models used in the IPCC AR4 modeling studies

IPCC-STDDEV_EdAR4.zip

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ISCCP-FD_Ed000 a 20.5-year (with continuous coverage for July 1983 - December 2003) fully-global radiative flux data/data product

ISCCP-FD_Ed000.zip

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ISCCP-FD_Ed010 a 21.5-year (with continuous coverage for July 1983 - December 2004) fully-global radiative flux data/data product, which currently consists of 20.5-year of version 0.00

ISCCP-FD_Ed010.zip

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NCEP-DOE-R2_Ed002 NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 /documents

NCEP-DOE-R2_Ed002.zip

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ScaRaB_Ed001 Two models of the ScaRaB radiometer (Scanner for Radiation Budget) have operated in space aboard the Russian satellites Meteor-3-7 (February 1994 to March 1995) and Resurs 1-4 (August 1998 to April 1999).

ScaRaB_Ed001.zip

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SurfaceSites_FluxAnalysis_All_Ed001 SurfaceSites_FluxAnalysis_All_Ed001

SurfaceSites_FluxAnalysis_All_Ed001.zip

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UMD-SRB_Ed031 University of Maryland (UMD) SRB Model

UMD-SRB_Ed031.zip

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UMD-SRB_Ed033 University of Maryland (UMD) SRB Model

UMD-SRB_Ed033.zip

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UOSRML_Ed001 University of Oregon (UO) Solar Radiation Moditoring Laboratory (SRML) Site data/data

UOSRML_Ed001.zip

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Disciplines:   Radiation Budget