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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Date (Publication)
2002-12-10T02:34:10
Date (Creation)
2002-12-10T02:34:10
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2
Citation identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2
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EUMETSAT

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Harries, John E

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Russell, J.E.

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Hanafin, J.A.

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Brindley, Helen E.

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Futyan, J.

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Rufus, J.

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Kellock, S.

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Matthews, G.

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Wrigley, R.

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Last, A.

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Mueller, Jan-Peter

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Mossavati, R.

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Ashmall, J.

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Sawyer, E.

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Parker, Douglas E.

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Caldwell, M.

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Smith, Andy

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Bates, M.J.

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Coan, B.

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Stewart, B.C.

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Lepine, D.R.

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Cornwall, L.A.

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Corney, D.R.

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Ricketts, M.J.

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Smart, D.

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Cutler, R.

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Gonzalez, L.

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Ipe, A.

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Bertrand, C.

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Joukoff, A.

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Crommelynck, D.

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Llewellyn-Jones, D.T.

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Butcher, G.

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Smith, G.L.

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Szewczyk, Z.P.

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Mlynczak, P.E.

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Allan, Richard P.

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Keywords

  • GERB

  • solar

  • thermal

  • radiation

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
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All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
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Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2004-03-28T00:00:00
End date
2013-01-31T23:59:59
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WGS 84
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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

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Protocol Linkage Name
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/spat/research/missions/atmos_missions/gerb/mission

GERB Mission webpage at Imperial College
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://ggsps.rl.ac.uk/

GERB website at RAL
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Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk/gerb/gerbteam/

GERB Team website at Imperial College
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/gerb/references.html

BADC Doc: GERB List of References
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Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/gerb/metadata/temporal_coverage/GERB.2013.html

Temporal Coverage
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://zenodo.org/record/7357092/files/L2ARGEd1validation.pdf

L2 ARG Edition 1 Validation report(including G2 SWupdate)
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://zenodo.org/record/7357094/files/NANRGQualitySummary.pdf

GERB L1.5 NARG
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://zenodo.org/record/7357096/files/ProcessingandAccuracyGERBL2Ed1.pdf

PROCESSING and ACCURACY summary: GERB L2 Edition 1
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://zenodo.org/record/7357098/files/QualitySummary_GERBL2Ed1.pdf

GERB DATA QUALITY SUMMARY: GERB L2 Edition 1 products
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://zenodo.org/record/7357100/files/RMIBGERBproductsuserguide.pdf

RMIB GERB Products User Guide
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Protocol Linkage Name
https://zenodo.org/record/7357086/files/GGSPSproductsuserguide.pdf

GGSPS Products User Guide
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Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

Metadata

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d8a5e58e59eb31620082dc4fd10158e2 XML
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English
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UTF8
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series
Date stamp
2025-12-04T03:26:26
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
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2.3
Metadata author
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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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