SRB Level 3
Entry Title: Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Release 3.0 QC Shortwave monthly data in netcdf format
Entry ID: SRB_REL3.0_LPSA_MONTHLY_NC_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Description
The data set contains monthly average global fields of six shortwave (SW)surface radiative parameters derived with the Quality-Check SW (QCSW) algorithmof the NASA World Climate Research Programme /Global Energy and Water-CycleExperiment (WCRP/GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Project.The parameters contained in these files are:1. Top-of-atmosphere (TOA) Shortwave Downward Flux (insolation)2. Surface Pristine-sky Shortwave Downward Flux3. Surface Clear-sky Shortwave Downward Flux4. Surface All-sky Shortwave Downward Flux5. Surface All-sky Shortwave Net Flux 6. Surface All-sky Shortwave Albedo These parameters were derived originally on a daily temporal resolution. Monthlyaverages were computed from the daily values. The current version of the datasets is identified as Release 3.0. It covers a period of 24.5 years from July 1983 to December 2007.
DOI
Publications which Cite this Collection
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.
Resources and Documentation
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- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for SRB
- Department of Energy (DOE) National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC)
- Solar Energy International (SEI) - A non-profit (501 (c)3) organization whose mission is to provide education and technical assistance so that others will be empowered to use renewable energy technologies
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: "Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations versus Models"
- Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: A Long-Term TOA and Constrained Surface Radiation Budget Dataset Using Merged CERES, ERBE and ISCCP/SRB Products from the Past 30 Years
MICRO ARTICLE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- RADIATIVE FORCING
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- ALBEDO
- OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- SOLAR RADIATION
- AEROSOL RADIANCE
- CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD TYPES
- CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ABSORPTION
- TRANSMITTANCE
- Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon (OC/EC)
- All-Sky Surface Albedo
- All-Sky Surface Insolation
- Clear-Sky Surface Insolation
- Daylight Cloud Fraction
- Daylight Optical Depth
- Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
- Pristine-Sky Surface Insolation
- Surface Absorbed Shortwave (SW) Flux
- Surface Irradiance
- Surface Net Irradiance
- Surface Radiation
- Surface Shortwave (SW) Irradiance
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Insolation
Data Distribution
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Longitude Resolution: 1 degree
Latitude Resolution: 1 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1983-07-01 - 2007-12-31
Temporal Resolution: Monthly