Title:
First WCRP Surface Radiation Budget Global Data Sets
Shortwave Radiation Parameters, March 1985 - December 1988
Source:
Langley DAAC User and Data Services Office
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 157B
Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001
tel: 804-864-8656
Description:
This CD-ROM contains version 1.1 Surface Radiation Budget (SRB)
shortwave products for the period March 1985 through December 1988
as produced by the World Climate Research Programme's (WCRP) SRB
Satellite Data Analysis Center (SDAC).
SDAC uses two methods (known as the Pinker and Staylor algorithms)
to estimate downward and net irradiances, surface albedo,
downward direct/diffuse ratio, surface clould forcing, and
daylight cloud fraction.
In addition, various other radiation, cloud, meteorological and
diagnostic parameters are provided to aid the user in understanding
variations in the SRB parameters.
Most of the data files are in HDF format although there are some
GIF format images for browsing.