GERB Obs4MIPs: a dataset for evaluating diurnal and monthly variations in top-of-atmosphere  radiative fluxes in climate models

Russell, Jacqueline E.; Bantges, Richard J.; Brindley, Helen E.; Bodas-Salcedo, Alejandro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4243-2024

Articles | Volume 16, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4243-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4243-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 9

Data description paper

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16 Sep 2024

Data description paper |

| 16 Sep 2024

GERB Obs4MIPs: a dataset for evaluating diurnal and monthly variations in top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes in climate models

Jacqueline E. Russell, Richard J. Bantges, Helen E. Brindley, and Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo

Data sets

Monthly-mean diurnal cycle of top of atmosphere outgoing longwave radiation from the GERB instrument (GERB-HR-ED01-1-1 rlut 1hrCM), v20231221 R. J. Bantges et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/90148d9b1f1c40f1ac40152957e25467

Monthly-mean diurnal cycle of top of atmosphere outgoing shortwave radiation from the GERB instrument (GERB-HR-ED01-1-1 rsut 1hrCM), v20231221 R. J. Bantges et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/57821b58804945deaf4cdde278563ec2

Model data for "The GERB Obs4MIPs Radiative Flux Dataset: A new tool for climate model evaluation", submitted to Earth System Science Data (1.0) A. Bodas-Salcedo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10101394

Obs4MIPs: Monthly-mean diurnal cycle of top of atmosphere outgoing longwave radiation from the GERB instrument (GERB-HR-ED01 rlut 1hrCM) R. J. Bantges et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/7aa17e66aaab4ece87064272b9f94e3a

Obs4MIPs: Monthly-mean diurnal cycle of top of atmosphere outgoing shortwave radiation from the GERB instrument (GERB-HR-ED01 rsut 1hrCM) R. J. Bantges et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/4fa633d24d104217a4c9d3fb3589f35d

Short summary

We present a dataset of top-of-atmosphere diurnally resolved reflected solar and emitted thermal energy for Earth system model evaluation. The multi-year, monthly hourly dataset, derived from observations made by the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument, covers the range 60° N–60° S, 60° E–60° W at 1° resolution. Comparison with two versions of the Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model highlight how the data can be used to assess updates to key model parameterizations.