NSSDCA ID: ESRB-00033
Availability: Data Accessible Elsewhere
Time span: 1978-11-16 to 1987-10-31
This data set contains gridded monthly averages of earth radiation budget parameters. The data are extracted from the monthly ERB MATRIX tapes (NSSDC ID 78-098A-07C). They include outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), albedo, net radiation, and many statistical parameters. Data are calculated for 2070 equal areas, each approximately 500 km x 500 km. The first 20 mo of data contain separate measurements in the spectral range of 0.2 to 50 micrometers. Beginning June 22, 1980, no NFOV data are available. An improved wide-field-of-view, inflight calibration adjustment table known as the Global Calibration Adjustment Table (CAT) was developed for all subsequent measurements. The entire nine year data set has been processed with the global CAT results. The dataset has three partial months: November 1978, April 1986, and June 1986 and caution is advised for the use of data from those months. The entire month of May 1986 is missing because no Earth flux data was recorded.
This data set has been transferred to the Langley DAAC in March 1995.
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Herbert Lee Kyle | Data Provider | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | lkyle@ame.gsfc.nasa.gov |