SRB Level 2
Entry Title: Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Release 3.0 QC Longwave monthly data in netcdf format

Entry ID: SRB_REL3.0_LPLA_MONTHLY_NC_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Description

The data set contains monthly average global fields of three longwave (LW) surface radiative parameters and three input meteorological parameters derived within the Quality-Check LW (QCLW) algorithm of the NASA World Climate Research Programme/Global Energy and Water-Cycle Experiment (WCRP/GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Project.There are a total of six parameters in these files as follows: 1. Surface Downward Longwave Flux (DLF), 2. Surface Net Longwave Flux (NLF) 3. Surface Clear Sky Downward Longwave Flux (CSDLF), 4. Surface Skin Temperature (TSKIN), 5. Total Column Precipitable Water (PW), and 6. Total Cloud Fraction (CLD). These parameters are derived originally on a 3-hourly temporal resolution. The 3-hourly values are first averaged into daily values, which are then averaged into monthly values given in these files. The current version of the data sets is identified as Release 3.0. It covers a period of 24.5 years from July 1983 to December 2007.

DOI

10.5067/SRB/REL3.0_LPLA_MONTHLY_NC_L2

Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • SOLAR RADIATION
  • OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
  • SOLAR IRRADIANCE
  • ABSORPTION
  • ALBEDO
  • CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • AEROSOL RADIANCE
  • SHORTWAVE RADIATION
  • CLOUD TYPES
  • TRANSMITTANCE
  • RADIATIVE FORCING
  • CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
  • Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon (OC/EC)
  • Column Precipitable Water
  • Daylight Cloud Fraction
  • Daylight Optical Depth
  • Monthly Data
  • Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Surface Albedo
  • Surface Downward Longwave (LW) Flux
  • Surface Irradiance
  • Surface Longwave Cloud Radiative Forcing
  • Surface Net Irradiance
  • Surface Net Longwave (LW) Flux
  • Surface Radiation
  • Surface Shortwave (SW) Irradiance
  • Surface Skin Temperature
  • Total Cloud Amount
Data Distribution

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Spatial Information

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Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations

GLOBAL
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2007-12-31
Temporal Resolution: 3 Hours
Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites
Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-4
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
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RADIOMETERS
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
RADIOMETERS
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
RADIOMETERS
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
RADIOMETERS
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
RADIOMETERS
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
RADIOMETERS
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
RADIOMETERS
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-12
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RADIOMETERS
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RADIOMETERS
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RADIOMETERS
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RADIOMETERS
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RADIOMETERS
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
RADIOMETERS
Meteosat Operational Programme 1 (MOP-1)
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
Instruments not applicable.
Metadata Dates

Created on 2014-09-26
Last updated on 2021-06-17