Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Nonscanner Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages S-4N data in native format

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ERBE_S4N_NAT_1 is the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Nonscanner Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages S-4N data in native format data set, which contains averages of flux and albedo on regional, zonal, and global scales for non-scanner data processed without scanner scene identification information. Data collection for this data set is complete. The data are represented as 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit integers. ERBE was a multi-satellite system designed to measure the Earth's radiation budget. The 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). Each satellite carried both a scanner and a non-scanner instrument package. The S-4N contained averages of flux and albedo on regional, zonal, and global scales for non-scanner data. It was available as a combination of all operational spacecraft (ERBS, NOAA-9 and NOAA-10) for the nons-canner wide field-of-view (WFOV) data. The S-4N is a multi-file product which has three files of WFOV numerical filter and three files of WFOV shape factor data. Monthly (day), monthly (hour), daily, and monthly hourly averages are determined for each region.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Earthdata Search for ERBE_S4N_NAT_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000000744-LARC_ASDC
21 DOI data set landing page for ERBE_S4N_NAT_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ERBE/S4N_NAT_L3
21 Readme to work with FORTRAN - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/read_software/io.c
33 ERBE Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages Output Product (S-4N) Langley ASDC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/guide/erbe_s4n.pdf
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 Note for ERBE S-10N/S-4N/S-4GN Products - September 7, 1999 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/readme/readme_erbe_s4n_nat_dmonotice1.txt
21 ERBE S-4 to use the ERBE data for scientific research studies Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/readme/readme_erbe_s4n_nat.txt
21 ASDC Data and Information for GEWEX-RFA https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/GEWEX-RFA
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
33 ERBE Langley ASDC Project Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/guide/erbe_project.pdf
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 ASDC Direct Data Download for ERBE_S4N_NAT_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/ERBE/S4N/NAT_1/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FERBE%2FS4N_NAT_L3
21 Readme to read the S-4 header the scale factors, and one of the data files per run - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/erbe/read_software/s4n_read.c
21 ASDC Data and Information for ERBE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/ERBE
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 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 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
33 Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/view_hdf.pdf

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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