Surface Radiation Budget
The NASA/GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Release 4-IP data sets contain global 3-hourly, daily, monthly/3-hourly, and monthly averages of surface and top-of atmosphere (TOA) longwave and shortwave radiative flux parameters on a 1°x1° grid. Model inputs of cloud amounts and other atmospheric state parameters are also available in the ancillary data set. The primary inputs to the models are visible and infrared radiances from International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) pixel-level (HXS) data along with cloud and surface properties derived from those data. NOAA/NCEI also provides ancillary files with the HXS data, of which temperature and moisture profiles and total column ozone were inputs to the SRB models.
Release 4-IP products differ substantially from the previous SRB Release 3.0 arising from numerous improvements of the algorithms and input data sets. The Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) provided online details all changes applicable to Release 4-IP. Temporal coverage of Release 4-IP extends from mid-1983 through mid-2017 for global shortwave fluxes and 1988 through 2009 for global longwave fluxes. Additional land-only longwave coverage is available from mid-1983 through 1987 and ocean-only from 2010 through mid-2017. All fluxes are available in netCDF-4 format.
Additional information is available at https://gewex-srb.larc.nasa.gov
Disciplines: Clouds Radiation Budget
| Collection | Disciplines | Spatial | Temporal |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4_1-IP_Longwave_3hrly_landonly_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave 3-Hourly Land-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4_1-IP_Longwave_3hrly_oceanonly_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave 3-Hourly Ocean-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 2010-01-01 - 2017-06-30 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4_1-IP_Longwave_daily_landonly_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Land-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4_1-IP_Longwave_daily_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4_1-IP_Longwave_daily_oceanonly_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Ocean-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 2010-01-01 - 2017-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4_1-IP_Longwave_monthly_landonly_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Monthly Average by local Land-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4_1-IP_Longwave_monthly_oceanonly_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Monthly Average by local Ocean-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 2010-01-01 - 2017-06-30 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_3hrly_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave 3-Hourly Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31 Temporal Resolution Range: Hourly - < Daily Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_3hrlymonthly_landonly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Land-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31 Temporal Resolution Range: Diurnal Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly monthly |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_3hrlymonthly_oceanonly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Ocean-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 2010-01-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Diurnal Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly monthly |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_3hrlymonthly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_daily_landonly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Daily Average by UTC Land-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31 Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly Temporal Resolution: 1 day |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_daily_oceanonly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Daily Average by UTC Ocean-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 2010-01-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly Temporal Resolution: 1 day |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_daily_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Daily Average by UTC |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_monthly_landonly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Monthly Average by UTC Land-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31 Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual Temporal Resolution: 1 month |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_monthly_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Monthly Average by Local |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31 Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual Temporal Resolution: 1 month |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_monthly_oceanonly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Monthly Average by UTC Ocean-only Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 2010-01-01 - 2017-06-30 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Longwave_monthly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Monthly Average by UTC |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31 Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Shortwave_3hrly_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Hourly - < Daily Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Shortwave_3hrlymonthly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Diurnal Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly monthly |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Shortwave_daily_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Daily Average by local Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly Temporal Resolution: 1 day |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Shortwave_daily_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Daily Average by UTC Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly Temporal Resolution: 1 day |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Shortwave_monthly_local_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by Local Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2017-06-30 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Shortwave_monthly_utc_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual Temporal Resolution: 1 month |
| Collection | Disciplines | Spatial | Temporal |
|---|---|---|---|
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Ancillary_3hrly_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) |
Temporal Coverage: 1988-01-01 - 2009-12-31 |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Ancillary_3hrly_landonly_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Land-only |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 1987-12-31 Temporal Resolution Range: Hourly - < Daily Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly |
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GEWEXSRB_Rel4-IP_Ancillary_3hrly_oceanonly_1
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Ocean-only |
Clouds, Radiation Budget |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Longitude Resolution: 1.0 degree Latitude Resolution: 1.0 degree |
Temporal Coverage: 2010-01-01 - 2017-06-30 Temporal Resolution Range: Hourly - < Daily Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly |
SRB Mission Publications
Ding, Kan; Deng, Jianming; Qin, Boqiang (2023). The Potential Use of Global Evapotranspiration Products and Models to Estimate Lake Residence Time at Large Scale.
Zhang, Shiyu; Wang, Minghao; Wang, Lanning; Liang, Xin-Zhong; Sun, Chao; Li, Qingquan (2023). Sensitivity of the simulation of extreme precipitation events in China to different cumulus parameterization schemes and the underlying mechanisms.
Quaglia, Ilaria; Timmreck, Claudia; Niemeier, Ulrike; Visioni, Daniele; Pitari, Giovanni; Brodowsky, Christina; Brühl, Christoph; Dhomse, Sandip S.; Franke, Henning; Laakso, Anton; Mann, Graham W.; Rozanov, Eugene; Sukhodolov, Timofei (2023). Interactive stratospheric aerosol models' response to different amounts and altitudes of SO2 injection during the 1991 Pinatubo eruption.
Doering, Kenji; Steinschneider, Scott (2022). Summer Covariability of Surface Climate for Renewable Energy across the Contiguous United States: Role of the North Atlantic Subtropical High.
Xie, Zhiling; Wang, Bin (2022). Summer Atmospheric Heat Sources over the Western–Central Tibetan Plateau: An Integrated Analysis of Multiple Reanalysis and Satellite Datasets.
Zhang, T., P. W. Stackhouse, S. J. Cox, and J. C. Mikovitz (2020). The uncertainty of the BSRN monthly mean Global 1 and Global 2 fluxes due to missing hourly means with and without quality-control and an examination through validation of the NASA GEWEX SRB datasets.. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 255, 107272, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107272
Bosilovich, M., Franklin R. Robertson, Paul W. Stackhouse, Jr (2020). El Niño Related Tropical Land Surface Water and Energy Response in MERRA-2.. J. Climate, Retrieved from https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0231.1
Kummerow, Christian, Robert Adler, Stefan Kinne, William Rossow, Paul Stackhouse, Carol Anne Clayson, Matthew McCabe, Diego Miralles, Carlos Jimenez (2019). The GDAP Integrated Product. GEWEX News, 29
Cox, Stephen J.; Stackhouse, Paul W.; Gupta, Shashi K.; Mikovitz, J. Colleen; Zhang, Taiping (2019). NASA/GEWEX shortwave surface radiation budget: Integrated data product with reprocessed radiance, cloud, and meteorology inputs, and new surface albedo treatment. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1810, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4975541
Zhang, Taiping, Paul W. Stackhouse, Jr., Stephen J. Cox, J. Colleen Mikovitz, and C. Long (2019). Clear-sky Shortwave Downward Flux at the Earth’s Surface: Ground-Based Data vs. Satellite-Based Data.. J. of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, (224), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.11.015