ERBE part
ERBE part: Shortwave radiation budget data 60S-60N derived from 5 Years of ERBE measurements.
Documents
| overview | an outline showing sub-datasets of this dataset |
Datasets and variables
Independent Variables (Grids)
| Time | grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1985) to (Dec 1989) by 1.0 N= 60 pts :grid
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| Longitude | grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (180W) to (177.5E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
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| Latitude | grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (60S) to (60N) by 2.5 N= 49 pts :grid
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References
Z. Li, H. G. Leighton. Global climatologies of the solar radiation budgets at the surface and in the atmosphere from 5 years of ERBE data. J. Geophys. Res.-Atm. 98, 1993
Z. Li, H. G. Leighton, R. D. Cess. Surface net solar radiation estimated from satellite measurements: Comparison with tower observations. J. Climate 6, 1993a
Z. Li, H. G. Leighton, K. Masuda, T. Takashima. Estimation of SW flux absorbed at the surface from TOA reflected flux. J. Climate 6, 1993b
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