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Summary of along-track data from the earth radiation budget satellite for several representative ocean regions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Brooks, David R. Fenn, Marta A. |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | For several days in January and August 1985, the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, a component of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), was operated in an along-track scanning mode. A survey of radiance measurements taken in this mode is given for five ocean regions: the north and south Atlantic, the Arabian Sea, the western Pacific north of the Equator, and part of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Each overflight contains information about the clear scene and three cloud categories: partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, and overcast. The data presented include the variation of longwave and shortwave radiance in each scene classification as a function of viewing zenity angle during each overflight of one of the five target regions. Several features of interest in the development of anisotropic models are evident, including the azimuthal dependence of shortwave radiance that is an essential feature of shortwave bidirectional models. The data also demonstrate that the scene classification algorithm employed by the ERBE results in scene classifications that are a function of viewing geometry. |
| File Size | 9117811 |
| Page Count | 215 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890005263 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2g788t1p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Long Wave Radiation Satellite Imagery Cloud Cover Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Oceans Radiance Limb Darkening Scene Analysis Short Wave Radiation Bidirectional Reflectance Ocean Surface Terrestrial Radiation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
