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Nimbus-7 Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) Langley DAAC Project/Campaign Document

Summary:

The Nimbus-7 Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) instrument began recording data on November 16, 1978 and continued through June 20, 1980. The principal products are nine years of global albedo, outgoing longwave, and net radiation plus continuing solar irradiance measurements. The presence of an associated six-year Nimbus-7 global cloud data set enhances the usefulness of the ERB products. Chief uses of the data include studies in regional energy heat budgets, the improvement of climate and weather prediction models, interannual climate variations, shortwave bidirectional reflectance from Earth atmosphere scenes, and solar physics.

The spacecraft housed eight distinct subsystems and/or experiments for monitoring different aspects of the Earth and its environment.

Table of Contents:

  1. Project/Campaign Overview
  2. Data Availability
  3. Data Access
  4. Principal Investigator Information
  5. Submitting Investigator Information
  6. References
  7. Glossary of Terms
  8. List of Acronyms
  9. Document Information

1. Project/Campaign Overview:

Name of Project/Campaign:

Nimbus-7 Earth Radiation Budget (ERB)

Project/Campaign Introduction:

See Summary.

Project/Campaign Mission Objectives:

The Nimbus-7 mission afforded an opportunity to conduct a variety of experiments in the pollution, oceanographic and meteorological disciplines. The mission also extended and refined capabilities demonstrated by experiments on previous Nimbus observatories. Specific objects of the mission were as follows:

Discipline(s):

Earth Science

Geographic Region(s):

Global coverage.

Detailed Project/Campaign Description:

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2. Data Availability:

Data Type(s):

All data currently archived at the Langley DAAC are in native format.

Input/Output Media:

Data are available via FTP and on 4mm, 8mm, and DLT tapes from the Langley DAAC.

Proprietary Status:

There is no proprietary status for the data sets currently on-line at the Langley DAAC.

3. Data Access:

Data Center Location:

Langley DAAC User and Data Services Office
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 157D
Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199
USA
Telephone: (757) 864-8656
FAX: (757) 864-8807
E-mail: larc@eos.nasa.gov

Contact Information:

Langley DAAC User and Data Services Office
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 157D
Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199
USA
Telephone: (757) 864-8656
FAX: (757) 864-8807
E-mail: larc@eos.nasa.gov

Associated Costs:

Currently, there is no charge for media.

4. Principal Investigator Information:

H. Lee Kyle (P.I.)

5. Submitting Investigator Information:

H. Lee Kyle (P.I.)

6. References:

7. Glossary of Terms:

EOSDIS Glossary.

8. List of Acronyms:

EOSDIS Acronyms.

9. Document Information:

Document Revision Date:
December 11, 1997
Document Review Date:
December 10, 1997
Document ID:
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Document Curator:
Langley DAAC User and Data Services Office
Telephone: (757) 864-8656
FAX: (757) 864-8807
E-mail: larc@eos.nasa.gov
Document URL:
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GUIDE/campaign_documents/nimbus7_project.html

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