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

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ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_ZG_1 is the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-4G Non-scanner, Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) 10 degree Zonal and Global Averages in HDF data product. Data collection for this product is complete. The data set consists of non-scanner, wide field-of-view data, which was processed using the shape factor data reduction technique. The data were averaged over latitudinal bands(zones) as well as on a global level in which each parameter is averaged over the entire globe. The zonal averages are available in 10.0 degree resolution. 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 NASA Earth Observatory Article: NASA Earth Observatory Article https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/QuestionConvection
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - ERBE Project Specific Forum https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/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 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FERBE%2FS4G_WFOV_SF_ZG_L3
21 DOI data set landing page for ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_ZG_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ERBE/S4G_WFOV_SF_ZG_L3
21 Earthdata Search for ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_ZG_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000000747-LARC_ASDC
33 ERBE Overview Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/readme/erbe_overview.pdf
33 Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/view_hdf.pdf
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 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
33 ERBE Langley ASDC Project Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/guide/erbe_project.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
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
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 Direct Data Download for ERBE_S4G_WFOV_SF_ZG_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/ERBE/S4G/WFOV_SF_ZG_1/
21 Note for ERBE S-4G Data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/readme/readme_erbe_s4g_sc_2.5_daacnotice.txt
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
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 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

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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