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Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB): Solar and thermal radiation Data

The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument makes accurate measurements of the Earth Radiation Budget. It was specifically designed to be mounted on a geostationary satellite and was carried onboard the Meteosat Second Generation satellite operated by European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The first GERB instrument, GERB-2, was onboard Meteosat Second Generation satellite, MSG-1, and began transmitting data on 12th December 2002. GERB-1 was launched onboard MSG-2 on 21st December 2005. Future GERB sensors units are planned for MSG-3 and MSG-4.

This dataset collection contains the incident and reflected solar radiation together with thermal radiation emitted by the Earth's atmosphere. The amount of solar radiation absorbed is the difference between the the incoming and reflected solar radiation and is the energy source of the Earth-atmosphere system. The thermal radiation emitted by the atmosphere is the only sink of energy so, therefore, the budget is the difference between the two. Seasonal changes in the ERB are mainly due to changes in incoming solar radiation but there is a large amount of variability on timescales of hours to days, mainly due to clouds. The global coverage and sampling frequency required for accurate climate models requires that ERB measurements are made from satellites.

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Date (Publication)
2002-12-10T02:34:10
Date (Creation)
2002-12-10T02:34:10
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2
Author
  EUMETSAT - author
Author
  Unavailable - Harries, John E ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Russell, J.E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Hanafin, J.A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Brindley, Helen E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Futyan, J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Rufus, J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kellock, S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Matthews, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Wrigley, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Last, A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mueller, Jan-Peter ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mossavati, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Ashmall, J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Sawyer, E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Parker, Douglas E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Caldwell, M. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Allan, P.M. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Smith, Andy ( author )
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  Unavailable - Bates, M.J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Coan, B. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Stewart, B.C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Lepine, D.R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Cornwall, L.A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Corney, D.R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Ricketts, M.J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Drummond, D. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Smart, D. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Cutler, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Dewitte, S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Clerbaux, N. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Gonzalez, L. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Ipe, A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Bertrand, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Joukoff, A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Crommelynck, D. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Nelms, N. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Llewellyn-Jones, D.T. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Butcher, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Smith, G.L. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Szewczyk, Z.P. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mlynczak, P.E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Slingo, A. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Allan, Richard P. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Ringer, M.A. ( 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
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
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Update scope
series Series
Keywords
  • GERB
  • solar
  • thermal
  • radiation
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2004-03-28T00:00:00
End date
2013-01-31T23:59:59
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

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GERB Mission webpage at Imperial College

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GERB website at RAL

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GERB Team website at Imperial College

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BADC Doc: GERB List of References

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Temporal Coverage

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L2 ARG Edition 1 Validation report(including G2 SWupdate)

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GERB L1.5 NARG

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PROCESSING and ACCURACY summary: GERB L2 Edition 1

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GERB DATA QUALITY SUMMARY: GERB L2 Edition 1 products

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RMIB GERB Products User Guide

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GGSPS Products User Guide

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series Series

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
File identifier
d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Hierarchy level
series Series
Hierarchy level name
series
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:26:28
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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