Description

ERBE_S4GN_WFOV_NF_ZG data set contains Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-4GN (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View Numerical Filter (NF) 5.0 and 10.0 degree Zonal and Global Averages in Hierarchical Data Format.The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) is a multi-satellite system designed to measure the Earth's radiation budget. The ERBE instruments fly on a mid-inclination National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) and two sun-synchronous National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites (NOAA-9 and NOAA-10). Each carries both a scanner and a nonscanner instrument package.The ERBE S-4G product contains the same time and space averages of all the individual estimates of radiant flux at the top-of-the-atmosphere for one month and one spacecraft or combination of spacecraft as the S-4N product. The difference between the two products is that S-4N is arranged by region, with all parameters for a region grouped together, while S-4GN presents gridded data, with all regions for a given parameter grouped together.The S-4GN data set consists of nonscanner data processed without scene identification information from the scanner and with the numerical filter cross track enhancement.

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Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

GOTO WEB TOOL

Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ANOMALIES

• Note for ERBE Data - May 06, 1996
• Note for ERBE S-10N/S-4N/S-4GN Products - September 7, 1999
• Note for ERBE S-4GN Data

DATA CITATION POLICY

• How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Data and Information for ERBE
• ASDC Data and Information for GEWEX-RFA
• ERBE Langley ASDC Project Document
• ERBE Overview Document
• ERBE Regional, Zonal, and Global Gridded Nonscanner Averages Output Product (S-4GN) Langley ASDC Data Set Document

MICRO ARTICLE

• Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: "A Burning Question" By Annette Varani
• Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: "Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations versus Models"
• NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
• NASA Earth Observatory Article: NASA Earth Observatory Article

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

• Makefile: contains the last line on which the "address" of the HDF library required at link time is found - Direct File Download (.f)
• Read Software File for ERBE S-4G HDF Nonscanner Read Program
• Readme to work with FORTRAN - Direct File Download (.c)
• S-4G HDF NONSCANNER READ PROGRAM, Version 2.4 August 08, 1994 - Direct File Download (.c)
• Tools for storage/retrieval of arbitrary size bytes from 32 bit words - Direct File Download (.c)

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