Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-4G Nonscanner,Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) 10 degree Regional Averages in HDF

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ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_1 is the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-4G Non-scanner, Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) 10 degree Regional Averages in HDF data product. Data collection for this product is complete. The data set consists of non-scanner, wide field-of-view data, processed using the shape factor data reduction technique and averaged to a 10.0 degree grid scale. Monthly (day), monthly (hour), daily, and monthly hourly averages were determined for each region. The data are represented as 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit integers. Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) was a multi-satellite system designed to measure the Earth's radiation budget. ERBE instruments flew 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. NOAA-9 and NOAA-10 provided global coverage and the ERBS provided coverage between 67.5 degrees north and south latitude. Each satellite carried both a scanner and a non-scanner instrument package. The non-scanner instrument contained four Earth-viewing channels and a solar monitor. The Earth-viewing channels had two spatial resolutions: a horizon-to-horizon view of the Earth, and a field-of-view limited to about 1000 km in diameter. The former was called the wide field-of-view (WFOV) and the latter the medium field of view (MFOV) channels. For each of the two fields of view, there was a total spectral channel which is sensitive to all wavelengths and a shortwave channel which used a high purity, fused silica filter dome to transmit only the shortwave radiation from 0.2 to 5 microns. Because of the concern for spectral flatness and high accuracy, all five channels on the non-scanner package were active cavity radiometers. The ERBE S-4G product contained averages of radiant flux and albedo on regional, zonal, and global scales. The data for the S-4G product were arranged by parameter values. The ERBE S-4G WFOV product was available as a combination of all operational spacecraft. Products have been archived from November 1984 - January 1985 and June 1989 - February 1990 for ERBS; February 1985 - October 1986 for ERBS/NOAA-9; November 1986 - January 1987 for ERBS/NOAA-9/NOAA-10; and February 1987 - May 1989 for ERBS/NOAA-10. The various combinations of the satellites reflected the actual duration of the scanners.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 DOI data set landing page for ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ERBE/S4G_WFOV_SF_L3
33 ERBE Langley ASDC Project Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/guide/erbe_project.pdf
21 Readme to work with FORTRAN - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/read_software/io.c
21 Makefile: contains the last line on which the "address" of the HDF library required at link time is found - Direct File Download (.f) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/read_software/rds4gnshdf.f
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FERBE%2FS4G_WFOV_SF_L3
21 Tools for storage/retrieval of arbitrary size bytes from 32 bit words - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/read_software/gbytes.c
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/ERBE/S4G/WFOV_SF_1/
21 Earthdata Search for ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000000746-LARC_ASDC
21 S-4G HDF NONSCANNER READ PROGRAM, Version 2.4 August 08, 1994 - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/read_software/rds4gnshdf.c
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 Note for ERBE S-4G Data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/readme/readme_erbe_s4g_sc_2.5_daacnotice.txt
21 Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: "Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations versus Models" https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/absorption-of-solar-radiation-by-clouds-observations-versus-models
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: NASA Earth Observatory Article https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/QuestionConvection
33 ERBE Overview Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/readme/erbe_overview.pdf
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
21 Read Software File for ERBE S-4G HDF Nonscanner Read Program https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/readme/readme_erbe_s4g_mfov_nf.txt
21 ASDC Data and Information for ERBE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/ERBE
21 ASDC Data and Information for GEWEX-RFA https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/GEWEX-RFA
21 Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: "A Burning Question" By Annette Varani https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/a-burning-question
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - ERBE Project Specific Forum https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/ERBE
33 Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/view_hdf.pdf
33 ERBE Regional, Zonal, and Global Gridded Averages Output Product (S-4G) Langley ASDC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/guide/erbe_s4g.pdf

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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