scholarly journals Reexamination of the Observed Decadal Variability of the Earth Radiation Budget Using Altitude-Corrected ERBE/ERBS Nonscanner WFOV Data

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (16) ◽  
pp. 4028-4040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takmeng Wong ◽  
Bruce A. Wielicki ◽  
Robert B. Lee ◽  
G. Louis Smith ◽  
Kathryn A. Bush ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Decadal Variability ◽  
Radiation Budget ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Data User ◽  
Earth Radiation Budget ◽  
Earth Radiation

Abstract This paper gives an update on the observed decadal variability of the earth radiation budget (ERB) using the latest altitude-corrected Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)/Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) Nonscanner Wide Field of View (WFOV) instrument Edition3 dataset. The effects of the altitude correction are to modify the original reported decadal changes in tropical mean (20°N to 20°S) longwave (LW), shortwave (SW), and net radiation between the 1980s and the 1990s from 3.1, −2.4, and −0.7 to 1.6, −3.0, and 1.4 W m−2, respectively. In addition, a small SW instrument drift over the 15-yr period was discovered during the validation of the WFOV Edition3 dataset. A correction was developed and applied to the Edition3 dataset at the data user level to produce the WFOV Edition3_Rev1 dataset. With this final correction, the ERBS Nonscanner-observed decadal changes in tropical mean LW, SW, and net radiation between the 1980s and the 1990s now stand at 0.7, −2.1, and 1.4 W m−2, respectively, which are similar to the observed decadal changes in the High-Resolution Infrared Radiometer Sounder (HIRS) Pathfinder OLR and the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) version FD record but disagree with the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder ERB record. Furthermore, the observed interannual variability of near-global ERBS WFOV Edition3_Rev1 net radiation is found to be remarkably consistent with the latest ocean heat storage record for the overlapping time period of 1993 to 1999. Both datasets show variations of roughly 1.5 W m−2 in planetary net heat balance during the 1990s.

scholarly journals Development of the HIRS Outgoing Longwave Radiation Climate Dataset

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 2029-2047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-Tien Lee ◽  
Arnold Gruber ◽  
Robert G. Ellingson ◽  
Istvan Laszlo
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Outgoing Longwave Radiation ◽  
Longwave Radiation ◽  
Radiation Budget ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Data Record ◽  
Earth Radiation Budget ◽  
Earth Radiation

Abstract The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) product, which NOAA has been operationally generating since 1979, is a very long data record that has been used in many applications, yet past studies have shown its limitations and several algorithm-related deficiencies. Ellingson et al. have developed the multispectral algorithm that largely improved the accuracy of the narrowband-estimated OLR as well as eliminated the problems in AVHRR. NOAA has been generating High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) OLR operationally since September 1998. In recognition of the need for a continuous and long OLR data record that would be consistent with the earth radiation budget broadband measurements in the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) era, and to provide a climate data record for global change studies, a vigorous reprocessing of the HIRS radiance for OLR derivation is necessary. This paper describes the development of the new HIRS OLR climate dataset. The HIRS level 1b data from the entire Television and Infrared Observation Satellite N-series (TIROS-N) satellites have been assembled. A new radiance calibration procedure was applied to obtain more accurate and consistent HIRS radiance measurements. The regression coefficients of the HIRS OLR algorithm for all satellites were rederived from calculations using an improved radiative transfer model. Intersatellite calibrations were performed to remove possible discontinuity in the HIRS OLR product from different satellites. A set of global monthly diurnal models was constructed consistent with the HIRS OLR retrievals to reduce the temporal sampling errors and to alleviate an orbital-drift-induced artificial trend. These steps significantly improved the accuracy, continuity, and uniformity of the HIRS monthly mean OLR time series. As a result, the HIRS OLR shows a comparable stability as in the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) nonscanner OLR measurements. HIRS OLR has superb agreement with the broadband observations from Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) and Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) in the ENSO-monitoring regions. It shows compatible ENSO-monitoring capability with the AVHRR OLR. Globally, HIRS OLR agrees with CERES with an accuracy to within 2 W m−2 and a precision of about 4 W m−2. The correlation coefficient between HIRS and CERES global monthly mean is 0.997. Regionally, HIRS OLR agrees with CERES to within 3 W m−2 with precisions better than 3 W m−2 in most places. HIRS OLR could be used for constructing climatology for applications that plan to use NPOESS ERBS and previously used AVHRR OLR observations. The HIRS monthly mean OLR data have high accuracy and precision with respect to the broadband observations of ERBE and CERES. It can be used as an independent validation data source. The uniformity and continuity of HIRS OLR time series suggest that it could be used as a reliable transfer reference for the discontinuous broadband measurements from ERBE, CERES, and ERBS.

Libera and Continuity of the Earth Radiation Budget Climate Data Record

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Pilewskie ◽  
Maria Hakuba ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Radiation Budget ◽  
Radiative Energy ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Data Record ◽  
Earth Radiation Budget ◽  
Climate Data Record ◽  
Earth Radiation

<p>The NASA Libera Mission, named for the daughter of Ceres in Roman mythology, will provide continuity of the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Earth radiation budget (ERB) observations from space. Libera’s  attributes enable a seamless extension of the ERB climate data record. Libera will acquire integrated radiance over the CERES FM6-heritage broad spectral bands in the shortwave (0.3 to 5 μm), longwave (5 to 50 μm) and total (0.3 to beyond 100 μm) and adds a split-shortwave band (0.7 to 5 μm) to provide deeper insight into shortwave energy deposition. Libera leverages advanced detector technologies using vertically aligned black-carbon nanotubes with closed-loop electrical substitution radiometry to achieve radiometric uncertainty of approximately 0.2%. Libera will also employ a wide field-of-view camera to provide scene context and explore pathways for separating future ERB missions from complex imagers.</p><p>The Libera science objectives associated with continuity and extension of the ERB data record are to identify and quantify processes responsible for ERB variability on various time scales. Beyond data continuity, Libera’s new and enhanced observational capabilities will advance our understanding of spatiotemporal variations of radiative energy flow in the visible and and near-infrared spectral regions. They will also enable the rapid development of angular distribution models to facilitate near-IR and visible radiance-to-irradiance conversion.</p>

Ground and in-flight calibrations of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment nonscanning radiometers

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Paden ◽  
Dhirendra K. Pandey ◽  
Robert S. Wilson ◽  
Susan Thomas ◽  
Michael A. Gibson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Budget ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Earth Radiation Budget ◽  
Earth Radiation

The impact of cloud inhomogeneities on the Earth radiation budget: the 14 October 1989 I.C.E. convective cloud case study

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 240-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Parol ◽  
J. C. Buriez ◽  
D. Crétel ◽  
Y. Fouquart
Keyword(s):  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Liquid Water ◽  
Convective Cloud ◽  
Liquid Water Content ◽  
Radiation Budget ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Earth Radiation Budget ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Earth Radiation

Abstract. Through their multiple interactions with radiation, clouds have an important impact on the climate. Nonetheless, the simulation of clouds in climate models is still coarse. The present evolution of modeling tends to a more realistic representation of the liquid water content; thus the problem of its subgrid scale distribution is crucial. For a convective cloud field observed during ICE 89, Landsat TM data (resolution: 30m) have been analyzed in order to quantify the respective influences of both the horizontal distribution of liquid water content and cloud shape on the Earth radiation budget. The cloud field was found to be rather well-represented by a stochastic distribution of hemi-ellipsoidal clouds whose horizontal aspect ratio is close to 2 and whose vertical aspect ratio decreases as the cloud cell area increases. For that particular cloud field, neglecting the influence of the cloud shape leads to an over-estimate of the outgoing longwave flux; in the shortwave, it leads to an over-estimate of the reflected flux for high solar elevations but strongly depends on cloud cell orientations for low elevations. On the other hand, neglecting the influence of cloud size distribution leads to systematic over-estimate of their impact on the shortwave radiation whereas the effect is close to zero in the thermal range. The overall effect of the heterogeneities is estimated to be of the order of 10 W m-2 for the conditions of that Landsat picture (solar zenith angle 65°, cloud cover 70%); it might reach 40 W m-2 for an overhead sun and overcast cloud conditions.

History of satellite missions and measurements of the Earth Radiation Budget (1957–1984)

1986 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick B. House ◽  
Arnold Gruber ◽  
Garry E. Hunt ◽  
Ann T. Mecherikunnel
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Budget ◽  
The Earth ◽  
History Of ◽  
Earth Radiation Budget ◽  
Satellite Missions ◽  
Earth Radiation
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