Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Radiation Data and Colour Images

The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) instrument aboard the NASA Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was launched from the Space Shuttle Challenger in October 1984 (STS-41G). The ERBE instrument's main aim was to provide accurate measurements of incoming solar energy and shortwave and longwave radiation reflected or emitted from the Earth back into space.

This dataset collection contains colour images (shortwave/longwave/net radiation, albedo, clear-sky albedo, clear-sky shortwave/longwave/net radiation, and shortwave/longwave/net cloud forcing) from scanning radiometers on the three ERBE satellites and for combined satellite cases. Monthly average values are included for the time periods during which the scanners were operational.

Date (Publication): 1990-12-10T02:20:41

Date (Creation): 1990-12-10T02:20:41

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/1ef9f265346e2e211c6c0a7dc22b270e

Identifier: NASA Langley Research Center Distributed Active Archive Center (LaRC DAAC) / 1ef9f265346e2e211c6c0a7dc22b270e

Author

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - author

USA

Author

Unavailable - Barkstrom, B.R. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Minnis, P. ( author )

Custodian

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Publisher

NASA Langley Research Center Distributed Active Archive Center (LaRC DAAC) - publisher

Atmospheric Sciences Data Center , Mail Stop 157D, NASA Langley Research Center , Hampton, Virginia , 23681-2199 , USA

+1 757 864 8656

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Keywords

ERBE
albedo
radiation
cloud forcing

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 1984-11-01T00:00:00

End date: 1990-02-28T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

OnLine resource: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource: BADC Doc: ERBE List of References
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Langley ASDC Project Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages (S-4) Output Product Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages Output Product (S-4N) Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Regional, Zonal, and Global Gridded Averages Output Product (S-4G) Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Regional, Zonal, and Global Gridded Nonscanner Averages Output Product (S-4GN) Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) for Monthly Medium-Wide Data Tape (MWDT) (S-7) Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-8 Processed Archival Tape (PAT) Data in Native (NAT) Format Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Earth Radiant Fluxes and Albedo for Month (Scanner) (S-9)/Earth Radiant Fluxes and Albedo for Month (Nonscanner) (S-10) Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Earth Radiant Fluxes and Albedo for Month Nonscanner (S-10N) Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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OnLine resource: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Solar Monitor Irradiance Langley ASDC Data Set Document
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Hierarchy level: series Series

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

File identifier: 1ef9f265346e2e211c6c0a7dc22b270e XML

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Hierarchy level: series Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-05-09T02:30:41

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Point of contact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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