Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-20T12:00:52Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 28 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_mongu_albedo 23.2527,-25.02,31.4844,-15.4383 2000-03-02T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-17T04:00:00Z

Top-of-the-canopy broadband albedo and radiation fluxes are calculated from measurements at the Mongu and Skukuza flux tower sites in southern Africa from March 2000 through December 2002. Data were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0181 -108.5,38.5,-104.0,42.0 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-08-01T00:00:00Z 2012-05-15T04:00:00Z

The LDAS data set contains 43 model and observation-based fields produced by the LDAS uncoupled modeling system at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center using the Mosaic Land Surface Model (LSM). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0180 -126.0,24.0,66.0,54.0 2002-09-30T00:00:00Z 2003-09-30T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

The Rapid Update Cycle analysis/model system at a 20-km horizontal resolution (RUC20) provides short-range numerical weather guidance for general forecasting, as well as for the special short-term ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_car_brdf 5.0,-35.0,60.0,5.0 2000-08-15T00:00:00Z 2000-09-16T00:00:00Z 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z

This record links to the web page for the Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR) data for the SAFARI 2000 project. Twenty-one flights were undertaken over Southern Africa during the study. Flight track ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]mod01_met_p3 -111.0,48.0,-90.0,60.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

The Phase 3 gridded data sets provided by HMet-01 on an hourly time step have been converted to averaged daily files by the MOD-01 group to reduce the size and number of files used for input to some ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_veg_soils -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of a global vegetation and soils data set by Wilson and Henderson-Sellers (1985a). The subset was created for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]hmet02_gridded -111.0,48.0,-90.0,60.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-08T05:00:00Z

Phase II and III gridded data sets have been generated by an objective analysis scheme using all of the surface meteorological station data over BOREAS region for 1994-1996. Additionally, FSU GOES ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_veg_wilhend 5.0,-35.0,60.0,5.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-08T05:00:00Z

This data set contains a subset for southern Africa of Wilson and Henderson-Sellers' Global Vegetation & Soils 1-degree data. The data are available in both ASCII GRID and binary image files formats. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_ECMWF -114.0,48.0,-92.0,62.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-12-19T05:00:00Z

In cooperation with BOREAS atmospheric research efforts, the ECMWF agreed to provide BOREAS with a customized subset of its 6-hourly forecast data. This data set contains parameters from three ECMWF ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_TF10FLUX -98.29,55.9,-98.29,55.9 1993-08-15T00:00:00Z 1996-11-15T00:00:00Z 2011-11-01T04:00:00Z

The BOREAS TF-10 team collected tower flux and meteorological data at two sites, a fen and a young jack pine forest, near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, as part of BOREAS. A preliminary data set was ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_TF10FXMT -98.42,55.91,-98.42,55.91 1993-08-15T00:00:00Z 1996-11-10T00:00:00Z 2011-09-27T04:00:00Z

The BOREAS TF-10 team collected tower flux and meteorological data at two sites, a fen and a young jack pine forest, near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, as part of BOREAS. A preliminary data set was ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISLSCP_SNOW_COVER_XDEG -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-02-18T05:00:00Z

This ISLSCP data set is derived from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent product which combines snow cover and sea ice ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISLSCP_II_MODIS_ALBEDO_2002 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z

The MODIS BRDF/Albedo Product (MOD43B) provides measures of clear sky surface albedo every 16 days. Both white-sky albedo (bihemispherical reflectance) and black-sky albedo (directional hemispherical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISLSCP_II_NOAA_ALBEDO_5yr -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1985-04-01T00:00:00Z 1991-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z

The objective of this work was to produce a monthly climatology of broadband surface albedos for use in global numerical weather prediction models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISCLSCP_II_ERBE_ALBEDO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-02-01T00:00:00Z 2011-02-15T05:00:00Z

The goals of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) are (1) to understand the radiation balance between the Sun, Earth, atmosphere, and space and (2) to establish an accurate, long-term baseline ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISLSCP_II_snofree_16day_albedo -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-02-14T05:00:00Z

This data set contains 9 files for snow-free, spatially complete 16-day global black-sky albedos at local solar noon, white-sky albedos and quality information based on MODerate Resolution Imaging ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_kt_leaf_spectra 21.709,-24.127,25.494,-15.4378 2000-03-03T00:00:00Z 2000-03-18T00:00:00Z 2010-09-08T04:00:00Z

The Boston University team collected several data sets along the Kalahari Transect during the SAFARI 2000 wet season field campaign between March 3 and March 18, 2000 to support the validation of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_MATUNXRAD_V5.2.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-08-09T04:00:00Z

The MATUNXRAD or tavgU_2d_rad_Nx data product is the MERRA Data Assimilation System 2-Dimensional surface and TOA radiation flux that is time averaged single-level at the native resolution. It is ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_MATMNXRAD_V5.2.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-08-09T04:00:00Z

The MATMNXRAD or tavgM_2d_rad_Nx data product is the MERRA Data Assimilation System 2-Dimensional surface and TOA radiation flux that is time averaged single-level at the native resolution. It is ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_MAT1NXRAD_V5.2.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-08-09T04:00:00Z

The MAT1NXRAD or tavg1_2d_rad_Nx data product is the MERRA Data Assimilation System 2-Dimensional surface and TOA radiation flux that is time averaged single-level at the native resolution. It is ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0211 -108.615,38.394,-103.971,42.568 2002-10-01T00:00:00Z 2003-06-30T00:00:00Z 2010-03-08T05:00:00Z

The Rapid Update Cycle, version 2 at 40km (RUC-2, known to the Cold Land Processes community as RUC40) model is a Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System (MAPS) data set that uses the Model Output ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0161 -105.8829,39.9066,-105.8829,39.9066 2002-02-18T00:00:00Z 2002-02-22T00:00:00Z 2002-03-28T00:00:00Z 2002-03-30T00:00:00Z 2003-03-26T00:00:00Z 2003-03-30T00:00:00Z 2010-03-04T05:00:00Z

This data set presents more than 400 sub-canopy digital thermograms collected at the Fraser Experimental Forest (Fraser, Colorado, USA) using an Infrared Solutions IR SnapShot™ thermoelectric ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0090 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Cryospheric regions, or regions where water is found in solid form, are among the most sensitive to temperature change. Average temperatures in snow and ice-covered areas typically ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_maun_flux 23.55,-19.9,23.55,-19.9 2000-02-01T00:00:00Z 2000-09-30T00:00:00Z 2009-02-06T05:00:00Z

To investigate potential contributions of savanna ecosystems to the Earth s carbon balance, an eddy covariance system was used to measure the seasonal variation in carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]sea_ice_albedos -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-50.0 2009-01-08T05:00:00Z

This sea-ice albedo data set contains measured spectral albedos for snow-free and snow-covered Antarctic sea-ice types. Measurements were made during austral spring and summer ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]COARE_lsa_isccp 120.0,-20.0,-170.0,20.0 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-02-28T00:00:00Z 2006-08-02T04:00:00Z

DATA ACCESS The TOGA COARE Data Information System ( http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/ ) has responsibility for distributing information about TOGA COARE datasets and access paths. The ISCCP DX ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]COARE_lsa_dao -180.0,-50.0,180.0,50.0 1992-11-01T00:00:00Z 1993-02-28T00:00:00Z 2006-02-22T05:00:00Z

DATA ACCESS The NASA/TOGA COARE Data Archive http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/fieldexp/TOGA/ A subset of the 4-D DAO data (26N-26S, 40E-100W) is available from the NASA GSFC DAAC via ftp from ftp://disc1.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/toga_coare/assim/dao/ ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ERB_NFOV -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1978-11-16T00:00:00Z 1980-06-20T00:00:00Z 2002-05-22T04:00:00Z

Four Narrow-Field-of-View (NFOV) Nimbus-7 Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) products are described: Scene Radiance Tape (SRT), Maximum Likelihood Cloud Estimation (MLCE), Sorting into Angular Bins (SAB), ...