TOVS-Derived Downwelling Surface Longwave Radiation in the Arctic 1979-2005
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.411

Summary
This data set contains downwelling flux of longwave radiation (DLF)
measurements over the Arctic. These data were derived from TIROS-N Operational
Vertical Sounder (TOVS) radiances of temperature profiles, humidity estimates,
and cloud cover combined with brightness temperature differences from pairs of
infrared and near-infrared TOVS channels used to infer cloud phase and
geometric thickness. Data were gathered daily between 13 July 1979 through 31
December 2005.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 106.411
 * doi:10.5065/D6Q23XCC
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6Q23XCC

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Francis, J. 2012. TOVS-Derived Downwelling Surface Longwave Radiation in the
 Arctic 1979-2005. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6Q23XCC Accessed 18 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS
 * ACADIS: Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ACADIS

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: grid
 * Frequency: daily
 * Language: English

Grant Code
0611577 and 0240791

ISO Topic Categories
 * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Categories
 * Arctic
 * Flux
 * Satellite
 * Sea Ice

Platforms
 * NOAA POES

Instruments
 * TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder - TOVS

Sites
 * Arctic Ocean

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > SHORTWAVE RADIATION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD TOP HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE

Documentation
 * README_NFLX.html [5 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/424FF123BD44/README_NFLX.html

Related links
 * download: NSF Arctic Data Center
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6Q23XCC
 * info: ARCSS Data Policy
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html
 * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1979-07-13 12:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2005-12-31 12:00:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 70.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Robert Zahn <zahn@envsci.rutgers.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/957

Additional contact information
 * author: Jennifer Francis <francis@imcs.rutgers.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/952
 * principalInvestigator: Jennifer Francis <francis@imcs.rutgers.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/952

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.411?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.411?format=isotc211