Wcrp Surface Radiation Budget Shortwave Data Product Description, Version 1.1

Download or read book Wcrp Surface Radiation Budget Shortwave Data Product Description, Version 1.1 written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortwave radiative fluxes which reach the Earth's surface are key elements that influence both atmospheric and oceanic circulation. The World Climate Research Program has established the Surface Radiation Budget climatology project with the ultimate goal of determining the various components of the surface radiation budget from satellite data on a global scale. This report describes the first global product that is being produced and archived as part of that effort. The interested user can obtain the monthly global data sets free of charge using e-mail procedures. Whitlock, C. H. and Charlock, T. P. and Staylor, W. F. and Pinker, R. T. and Laszlo, I. and Dipasquale, R. C. and Ritchey, N. A. Langley Research Center RTOP 578-12-23-70...