Description

The data set contains global fields of instantaneous 3-hourly values of threelongwave (LW) surface radiative parameters derived with the Quality-Check LW(QCLW) algorithm of the NASA World Climate Research Programme /Global Energy andWater-Cycle Experiment (WCRP/GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Project.There are a total of three parameters in these files as follows:1. Surface Downward Longwave Flux (DLF), 2. Surface Net Longwave Flux (NLF), and3. Surface Longwave Cloud Radiative Forcing (LWCRF).These parameters were derived on a 3-hourly temporal resolution (i.e., a globalinstantaneous gridded field every 3 hours), namely, at UT hours 00, 03, 06, 09,12 15, 18, and 21 for every day of the month. The current version of the datasets is designated as Release 3.0. It covers a period of 24.5 years from July1983 to December 2007.

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Resources and Documentation

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DATA CITATION POLICY

• How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Data and Information for SRB
• Department of Energy (DOE) National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC)
• Solar Energy International (SEI) - A non-profit (501 (c)3) organization whose mission is to provide education and technical assistance so that others will be empowered to use renewable energy technologies

MICRO ARTICLE

• Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: "Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations versus Models"
• Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: A Long-Term TOA and Constrained Surface Radiation Budget Dataset Using Merged CERES, ERBE and ISCCP/SRB Products from the Past 30 Years

READ-ME

• SRB_REL3.0_QCLW_3HRLY - GEWEX Quality-Check Longwave 3-Hourly Readme File

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

• Read Software Package - SRB_REL3.0_QCLW_3HRLY - GEWEX Quality-Check Longwave 3-Hourly - Direct File Download (.zip)

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