Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB): Solar and thermal radiation Data
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument makes accurate measurements of the Earth Radiation Budget. It was specifically designed to be mounted on a geostationary satellite and was carried onboard the Meteosat Second Generation satellite operated by European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The first GERB instrument, GERB-2, was onboard Meteosat Second Generation satellite, MSG-1, and began transmitting data on 12th December 2002. GERB-1 was launched onboard MSG-2 on 21st December 2005. Future GERB sensors units are planned for MSG-3 and MSG-4.
This dataset collection contains the incident and reflected solar radiation together with thermal radiation emitted by the Earth's atmosphere. The amount of solar radiation absorbed is the difference between the the incoming and reflected solar radiation and is the energy source of the Earth-atmosphere system. The thermal radiation emitted by the atmosphere is the only sink of energy so, therefore, the budget is the difference between the two. Seasonal changes in the ERB are mainly due to changes in incoming solar radiation but there is a large amount of variability on timescales of hours to days, mainly due to clouds. The global coverage and sampling frequency required for accurate climate models requires that ERB measurements are made from satellites.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-12-10T02:34:10
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-12-10T02:34:10
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- GERB
- solar
- thermal
- radiation
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2004-03-28T00:00:00
- End date
- 2013-01-31T23:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
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GERB Mission webpage at Imperial College
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GERB website at RAL
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GERB Team website at Imperial College
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BADC Doc: GERB List of References
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Temporal Coverage
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RMIB GERB Products User Guide
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PROCESSING and ACCURACY summary: GERB L2 Edition 1
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GERB L1.5 NARG
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L2 ARG Edition 1 Validation report(including G2 SWupdate)
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GGSPS Products User Guide
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GERB DATA QUALITY SUMMARY: GERB L2 Edition 1 products
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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GERB Mission webpage at Imperial College
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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GERB website at RAL
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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GERB Team website at Imperial College
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: GERB List of References
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Temporal Coverage
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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RMIB GERB Products User Guide
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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PROCESSING and ACCURACY summary: GERB L2 Edition 1
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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GERB L1.5 NARG
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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L2 ARG Edition 1 Validation report(including G2 SWupdate)
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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GGSPS Products User Guide
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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GERB DATA QUALITY SUMMARY: GERB L2 Edition 1 products
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2022-09-02T01:12:40
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3