SRB Level 4
Entry Title: GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes
Entry ID: GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_3hrlymonthly_utc_1
Clouds Radiation Budget
Description
GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_3hrlymonthly_utc is theGlobal Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave 3-hourly Monthly Average (also known as diurnal average) by UTC data product. It contains global fields of 26 longwave surface, Top of Atmosphere (TOA), and atmospheric profile radiative parameters derived with the Longwave algorithm of the NASA World Climate Research Programme/Global Energy and Water-Cycle Experiment (WCRP/GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Project. This version is known as Release 4-Integrated Product. The fluxes include all-sky, clear-sky and pristine-sky TOA upward fluxes (outgoing longwave radiation, OLR), all-sky, clear-sky and pristine-sky upward and downward fluxes at: tropopause, 200hPa, 500hPa and surface. A status flag of filled cloud properties is also included. Inputs to the longwave algorithm are cloud information based on ISCCP HXS, meteorology from ISCCP nnHIRS, SeaFlux SST and surface, LandFlux meteorology, and MERRA-2 conditionally. The temporal range is January 1988 through December 2009, with the ends bound by input constraints. These data are averaged by UTC from 3-hourly values. 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
- ASDC Data and Information for SRB
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- SRB Rel4-IP Announcement
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUDS
- SCATTERING
- ABSORPTION
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- NET RADIATION
- TRANSMITTANCE
- ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC HEATING
- RADIATIVE FORCING
- CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
- toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
- upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
- downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
- surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
- surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
- pristine longwave flux
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
GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31