GLOBAL SURFACE RADIATIVE FLUXES: July 1983- Dec 2000
SOURCE: http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html FORMAT: netCDF GRID: Global - 2.5 degree (144 x 72) LEVELS: Single Level FIELDS: Description Name Units ---------------------------------------------------------------- LW downwelling surface flux FLDS W/m^2 Clear sky LW downwelling surface flux FLDSC W/m^2 LW upwelling surface flux FLUS W/m^2 Clear sky LW upwelling surface flux FLUSC W/m^2 SW downwelling surface flux FSDS W/m^2 Clearsky SW downwelling surface flux FSDSC W/m^2 SW upwelling surface flux FSUS W/m^2 Clearsky SW upwelling surface flux FSUSC W/m^2 TIMES: One mean per month averaged over all times or specific times of day. MSS Directory: /CTSAT/ISCCP/SFC_FLUX/2.5DG/ (2.5 degree grid) Filename: ISCCP.SFCFLUX.ncAny questions in using the dataset/products may be directed to Dr. Yuanchong Zhang of Columbia University/NASA GISS (yzhang@giss.nasa.gov). For ISCCP-related scientific questions, questions may also be directed to Dr. William Rossow at NASA GISS (wrossow@giss.nasa.gov).
Current holdings: July 1983 - Dec 2000 The ISCCP-FD RadFlux dataset contains upwelling and downwelling, shortwave and longwave radiative fluxes at the surface. These were derived using a complete radiative transfer model from the GISS GCM with observations of the physical properties of the surface, atmosphere, and clouds based on the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) data sets. -------------------------------------
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