SRB Level 3
Entry Title: GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Land-only
Entry ID: GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Ancillary_3hrly_landonly_1
Clouds Radiation Budget
Description
GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Ancillary_3hrly_landonly is the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Integrated Product (Release-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Land-only data product. It contains the global land-only fields of meteorology, clouds and other ancillary data that serves as the inputs to the GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave algorithm, although some are applicable to the Shortwave product as well. Included are surface skin temperature, near-surface meteorology, Fu-Liou longwave algorithm based bands of surface emissivity, snow and ice amount, total column precipitable water, total column ozone, total cloud properties, and three-level water and ice cloud properties. The temporal range is January 1983 through December 1987, with the ends bound by input constraints. Data collection for this product is complete.
Resources and Documentation
PROJECT HOME PAGE
NASA GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget project page
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- SRB Release 4 Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- SRB Rel4-IP Announcement
IMPORTANT NOTICE
- ASDC Data and Information for SRB
PROCESSING HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUDS
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- SNOW/ICE
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- EMISSIVITY
- SPECIFIC HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SNOW COVER
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- SKIN TEMPERATURE
- layer clouds
- fill flags
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
NetCDF-4
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree
Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL LAND
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31
Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly