ERBE S-10: Earth Radiation Budget Flux and Albedo from Multi-Satellite Observations

The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment S-10 Wide Field of View Numerical Filter data product contains Earth flux and albedo measurements. Data was collected by a multi-satellite system including the NASA ERBS and NOAA-9 and NOAA-10 satellites, each carrying non-scanner instruments with Earth-viewing channels. The dataset provides inverted daily, monthly hourly, and monthly averages of shortwave and long-wave radiant fluxes at the top-of-the-atmosphere, processed using the shape factor technique.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiation budget based on top-of-atmosphere shortwave and long-wave flux data.
• Analyzing temporal albedo variations based on daily, monthly hourly, and monthly averaged data.
• Validating climate models using satellite-derived radiant flux measurements from multiple platforms.
• Studying spectral flatness and accuracy in radiation measurements based on active cavity radiometer data.

Strengths

• Data collection is complete, as stated in the description.
• Derived from a multi-satellite system (ERBS, NOAA-9, NOAA-10), providing multiple observational sources.
• Contains multiple temporal aggregations: inverted daily, monthly hourly, and monthly averages.
• Uses the shape factor technique for value derivation, as referenced in Smith et al. 1986.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is available in Native (NAT) format, which may require specialized tools for interpretation.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Measured by satellite-borne non-scanner instrument packages containing Earth-viewing channels and a solar monitor.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not explicitly specified in the input.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 03:00:17.380593; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage from satellite observations with horizon-to-horizon (WFOV) and ~1000 km diameter (MFOV) views.