SRB Level 2
Entry Title: Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Release 3.0 Shortwave 3 hourly data in netcdf format

Entry ID: SRB_REL3.0_SW_3HRLY_NC_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Description

The data set contains 3-hourly global fields of eleven shortwave (SW)surface radiative parameters derived with the Shortwave algorithm of the NASAWorld Climate Research Programme /Global Energy and Water-Cycle Experiment(WCRP/GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Project.The data is generated using the Pinker/Laszlo shortwave algorithm (R.T. Pinkerand I. Laszlo, 1992: Modeling Surface Solar Irradiance for SatelliteApplications on a Global Scale, J. Appl. Met., 31, 194-211).These parameters were derived originally on a 3-hourly temporal resolution(i.e., a global instantaneous gridded field every 3 hours), at UT hours 00, 03,06, 09, 12, 15, 18, and 21 for every day of the month. The current version ofthe data is identified as Release 3.0.

DOI

10.5067/SRB/REL3.0_SW_3HRLY_NC_L2

Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
  • CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • SOLAR IRRADIANCE
  • SOLAR RADIATION
  • ALBEDO
  • RADIATIVE FORCING
  • SHORTWAVE RADIATION
  • TRANSMITTANCE
  • ABSORPTION
  • AEROSOL RADIANCE
  • CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
  • CLOUD TYPES
  • Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon (OC/EC)
  • All-Sky Global Photosynthetically Active Radiation Flux
  • All-Sky Surface Downward Shortwave (SW) Flux
  • All-Sky Surface Upward Shortwave (SW) Flux
  • All-Sky TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Downward Shortwave Flux
  • All-Sky TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Upward Shortwave Flux
  • Clear-Sky Surface Downward Shortwave (SW) Flux
  • Clear-Sky Surface Upward Shortwave (SW) Flux
  • Clear-Sky TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Upward Shortwave Flux
  • Cosine Solar Zenith Angle From Astronomy
  • Cosine Solar Zenith Angle From Satellite
  • Daylight Cloud Fraction
  • Daylight Optical Depth
  • Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Surface Albedo
  • Surface Net Irradiance
  • Surface Radiation
  • Surface Shortwave (SW) Irradiance
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
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: 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
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RADIOMETERS
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
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RADIOMETERS
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
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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