Atlas of Wide-Field-Of-View Outgoing Longwave Radiation Derived from Nimbus 7 Earth Radiation Budget Data Set, November 1985 to October 1987

Atlas of Wide-Field-Of-View Outgoing Longwave Radiation Derived from Nimbus 7 Earth Radiation Budget Data Set, November 1985 to October 1987
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2018-07-08
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ISBN: 9781722246082

An atlas of monthly outgoing longwave radiation global contour maps and associated spherical harmonic coefficients is presented. The atlas contains 23 months of data from November 1985 to October 1987 . The data were derived from the second Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) package, which was flown on the Nimbus 7 Sun-synchronous satellite in 1987. This data set is a companion set and extension to similar atlases that documented 10 years of outgoing longwave radiation results from Nimbus 6 and Nimbus 7 satellites. This atlas and the companion atlases give a data set covering a 12-year time period and will be very useful in studying different aspects of our changing climate. The data set also provides a 3-year overlap with the current Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE). Bess, T. Dale and Smith, G. Louis Langley Research Center...

Atlas of Albedo and Absorbed Solar Radiation Derived from Nimbus 6 Earth Radiation Budget Data Set, July 1975 to May 1978

Atlas of Albedo and Absorbed Solar Radiation Derived from Nimbus 6 Earth Radiation Budget Data Set, July 1975 to May 1978
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2018-07-08
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ISBN: 9781722245917

An atlas of monthly mean global contour maps of albedo and absorbed solar radiation is presented. The atlas is based on 35 months of continuous measurements from July 1975 through May 1978. The data were retrieved from measurements made by the shortwave wide field-of-view radiometer of the first Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) instrument, which flew on the Nimbus 6 spacecraft in 1975. Profiles of zonal mean albedos and absorbed solar radiation are tabulated. These geographical distributions are provided as a resource for studying the radiation budget of the earth. This atlas of albedo and absorbed solar radiation complements the atlases of outgoing longwave radiation by Bess and Smith in NASA-RP-1185 and RP-1186, also based on the Nimbus 6 and 7 ERB data. Smith, G. Louis and Bess, T. Dale and Rutan, David Langley Research Center...