Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Long-Term Means

Climatologies for each month and field have been produced. All available months were used, so averages were made over four years of data (except January, which was made over three years, 1986--1988). No attempt has been made to correct for inconsistencies introduced into the data record (e.g., by the failure of scanners), and this should be kept in mind when using the climatological data.

SOURCE: ERBE Monthly Means

FORMAT: netCDF

GRID: Global - T42 Gaussian (128 x 64) and 2.5 degree (144 x 72)

LEVELS: Single Level

FIELDS: Description                             Name            Units   
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        Net radiation                           NETD            W /m^2  
        Clear sky net radiation                 NETCSD          W /m^2  
        Solar insolation                        TSOLRDCS        W /m^2  
        Outgoing longwave radiation             MLWD            W /m^2  
        Reflected shortwave radiation           MSWD            W /m^2  
        Albedo                                  ALBD            fraction   
        Clear sky outgoing longwave radiation   MLWCSD          W /m^2  
        Clear sky reflected shortwave radiation MSWCSD          W /m^2  
        Clear sky albedo                        ALBCSD          fraction   

TIMES:  Average of a given month over several years.

MSS Directory: /CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/     (T42 grid)
               /CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/   (2.5 degree grid)

Filename: MMMy1y2.nc  where MMM=month, y1=starting year, y2=ending year
        One mean per file.
        e.g. JAN8589.nc for mean of Januaries 1985-89.

Current holdings:  Note: Jan 85 and May89-Dec89 are filled with Missing Value
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/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/JAN8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/FEB8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/MAR8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/APR8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/MAY8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/JUN8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/JUL8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/AUG8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/SEP8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/OCT8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/NOV8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/DEC8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42/SAVTAV/T42_FEB85APR89_CLIMATOLOGY.nc   
Files similar to the 13 listed above are also found in
/CTSAT/ERBE/T42B/SAVTAV, created using the modified mothly means.

/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/JAN8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/FEB8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/MAR8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/APR8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/MAY8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/JUN8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/JUL8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/AUG8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/SEP8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/OCT8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/NOV8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/DEC8589.nc   
/CTSAT/ERBE/2.5DG/SAVTAV/2.5DG_FEB85APR89_CLIMATOLOGY.nc

Other Products Derived from this Dataset:

Monthly Means

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