derived srb surface radiation budget from ISCCP: Cloudiness and solar radiation data from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Jul 1983) to (0000 1 Jul 1991) by 1.0 N= 97 pts :grid
- Longitude
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (178.75W) to (178.75E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
- Latitude
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75S) to (88.75N) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid
Other Info
- bufferwordsize
- 8
- CE
- null
- CS
- null
- datatype
- doublearraytype
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- 0.0833333333333333 kilogram second-3 year
- history
- [(ISCCP Solar Radation Data (corrected)) ([ ISCCP MONTHLY solr ] * $1-a$)]
References
Seager, R., M. Benno. Blumenthal. Modeling tropical Pacific sea surface temperature with satellite-derived solar radiative forcing. J. Climate, 1994
J. K. B. Bishop, W. B. Rossow. Spatial and temporal variability of global surface solar irradiance. J. Geophys. Res. 96, 1991
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