ERBE Satellite Gridded Radiation Budget Averages

1985 to 1995 data from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) multi-satellite system. This S-4GN product provides monthly gridded averages of top-of-atmosphere radiant flux estimates at a 5.0-degree resolution, processed from non-scanner instruments with a numerical filter. The dataset is a completed collection from NASA and NOAA satellites ERBS, NOAA-9, and NOAA-10.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of albedo and radiative flux using gridded 5.0-degree regional averages.
• Investigating temporal changes in Earth's radiation budget over the 1985-1995 period.
• Validating climate model simulations of top-of-atmosphere energy fluxes.
• Studying the cross-track enhancement effects from the numerical filter processing method.

Strengths

• Data collection is complete, providing a finalized record for analysis.
• Combines observations from three satellites (ERBS, NOAA-9, NOAA-10) for broader coverage.
• Offers a specific gridded (S-4GN) data structure, organizing all regions for a given parameter together.

Limitations

• Column names and precise row/size counts are unknown across all sources.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date (1995-11-30 vs 2026-03 13).
• License is ambiguously specified as 'other-license-specified'.

Provenance

Source

NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center (LARC_ASDC) and NOAA.

Collection Method

Satellite measurements from ERBE non-scanner instruments on ERBS, NOAA-9, and NOAA-10, processed with a numerical filter and gridded.

Time Range

1985 to 1995

Freshness

2026-03-13 03:06:52.161122

Geography

Global coverage from satellite observations.