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Summary
This 2-disk CD-ROM set contains 53 data sets for the analysis of
global climate change in response to the NASA Earth Science and
Applications Division-sponsored initiative, the Greenhouse Effect
Detection Experiment (GEDEX). The data sets include surface,
upper-air, and/or satellite-derived measurements of temperature, solar
... irradiance, clouds, greenhouse gases, fluxes, albedo, aerosols, ozone,
and water vapor, along with Southern Oscillation Indices and
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation statistics. Many of the data sets provide
global coverage and the spatial resolutions vary from zonal to 2.5
degree latitude/longitude grids. Temporal coverage also varies with
some surface station data sets covering more than 100 years, while
most of the satellite-derived data sets cover only the most recent 12
years. The temporal resolution for most data sets is monthly. The data
sets are thoroughly documented through standard detailed catalogs and
are easily identified through the use of summaries providing temporal
coverage and resolution, spatial coverage and resolution, parameters,
etc. The data reside in a standard format, the Common Data Format
(CDF), to allow for the use of a single set of software tools to
access the data on disks. Each CD-ROM contains 6 subdirectories: DATA
(data sets in CDF); DETAILED (detailed catalogs); DOCUMENT (CD-ROM
documentation); INDEX (tables of data describing the data sets);
SOFTWARE (utility programs for manipulating data in CDF under MS-DOS,
DEC VAX, UNIX); and SUMMARY (summary documentation).

Disk 1 contains the temperature, solar irradiance, cloud, and
radiation budget data. The basic surface temperature data set from the
National Climatic Data Center/National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCDC/NCAR) contains monthly temperature and precipitation values and
is subdivided by continent. Other surface temperature data were
supplied by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and the
Russian State Hydrologic Institute. Sea surface temperature data were
supplied by the Climate Analysis Center (CAC) and Southern Oscillation
Index (SOI) calculations were contributed by the University of East
Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU). Upper-air data were supplied by
NCDC/NCAR, NOAA Air Resource Laboratory (ARL), Marshall Space Flight
Center, and the National Meteorological Center (NMC). Solar
transmission and surface-measured irradiance data were sent by the
NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL). Solar
irradiance data from Nimbus-7 ERB, ERBE, and SMM/ACRIM were
contributed from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Langley
Research Center (LARC), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and 2800 MHz
solar flux from the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
(DRAO). Radiation budget and cloud data from ERB, ERBE, ISCCP were
supplied by LARC, GISS, and GSFC.

Disk 2 contains the atmospheric constituents data. The Carbon Dioxide
Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) provided carbon dioxide (CO2) and
methane (CH4) concentrations spanning the geological record (through
ice core techniques) and more recent data collected by NOAA from flask
sampling and continuous monitoring techniques. Other contributors
include the NOAA ARL (ozone) and LARC (ozone, nitrogen dioxide, water
vapor, aerosols).

Satellite data sets include the NOAA Polar Orbiters Series (TOVS,
AVHRR, ERBE), NIMBUS-7 (ERB), Solar Maximum Mission (ACRIM),
Atmospheric Explorer Mission (SAGE I), Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
(SAGE II), and the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
(AVHRR, MIR, VAS).

Datasets include the following:
Angell's Percent Deviation of Seasonal Layer Ozone (ANGELL-LYRO3)
Angell's Percent Deviation of Seasonal Total Ozone (ANGELL-TOTO3)
Institut fur Meterologie (BERLIN-STRAT)
Climate Analysis Center Sea Surface Temperatures (CAC-SST)
Concentrations of Atmospheric Greenhouse Effects Gases; CO2, CH4
(GRNHS-GASES)
Solar Transmission Index at Mauna Loa (CMDL-MLOA)
Surface Solar Irradiance ar Solar Flux (NOAA/CMDL) Sites (CMDL-SFC)
Climate Research Unit Southern Oscillation Index (CRU-SOI)
ERBE Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages S-4; ERBS,NOAA-9,NOAA-10 (ERBE-S4)
Nimbus-7 ERB MATRIX (ERB-MATRIX)
Nimbus-7 ERB Solar Irradiances (N7-ERB)
GISS Global Temperature Deviations (GISS-TMP-DEV)
ISCCP C2 - clouds, optical depth, O3, pressure, refl., temp. (ISCCP-C2)
TOVS MSU Low Tropospheric Temperature Anomalies (MSUTMP)
Angell's QBO Temperature and Zonal Wind (Q-BI-OSCIL)
RAOB Station (RAOB-STATION)
AEM-2 SAGE I Profiles: Aerosols, NO2, O3 (SAGEI-PROF)
ERBS SAGE II Profiles: Aerosols, O3, Humidity, NO2 (SAGEII-PROF)
SMM ACRIM Daily Means of Solar Flux (SMM-ACRIM)
Penticton 2800 MHz Solar Flux (PENTICTON)
Angell's Global Temperature Deviations (ANGELL-SONDE)
World Monthly Surface Station Climatology (SSCLIMATE)
Susskind TOVS Gridded Fields (SUSSKIND-TOVS)
Vinnikov-Grosiman-Lugina Monthly Temperature Deviations (VGL-TEMP-DEV)

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: DODS Link to Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: GEDEX Dataset Title: The Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment (GEDEX) Global and Regional Selected Data Sets Version 1 on CD-ROM Online Resource: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.GEDEX/dods

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1738-01-01

Location Keywords

VERTICAL LOCATION > BOUNDARY LAYER GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE VERTICAL LOCATION > TROPOSPHERE

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > HALOCARBONS AND HALOGENS > CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > METHANE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > MOLECULAR NITROGEN ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROGEN DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > OZONE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES > GREENHOUSE GASES ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD FORCING ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ALBEDO ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > RADIATIVE FORCING ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR IRRADIANCE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > TRANSMITTANCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > IRRADIANCE OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > CARBON DIOXIDE PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > METHANE PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > NITROUS OXIDE SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ACTIVITY > SOLAR IRRADIANCE SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ACTIVITY > SOLAR RADIO WAVE EMISSIONS CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > METHANE CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > NITROUS OXIDE TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > METHANE TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > NITROUS OXIDE CLIMATE INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION > QBO CLIMATE INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION > ENSO

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE ENVIRONMENT INLAND WATERS GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION OCEANS

Platform

AEM-2 > Applications Explorer Mission-2 BUOYS ERBS > Earth Radiation Budget Satellite GOES > NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites GROUND STATIONS METEOSAT NIMBUS-7 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites SHIPS SMM > Solar Maximum Mission GMS-4 > Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-4

Instrument

ACRIM > Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ERBE > Earth Radiation Budget Experiment IMAGING RADIOMETERS PHOTOMETERS RADIOMETERS RADIOSONDES RAWINSONDES SOUNDERS SUN PHOTOMETERS TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder SAGE I > Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I

Project

ERBS/ERBE > Earth Radiation Budget Experiment SAGE I > Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I SAGE II > Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program DODS > Distributed Oceanographic Data System EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System OPENDAP > Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol

Ancillary Keywords

CD-ROM CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATOLOGY EOSDIS GEDEX GREENHOUSE GASES GRID DATA ISCCP MONTHLY DATA QBO RADIATION RADIATION BUDGET RAOB SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SOLAR FLUX SOLAR IRRADIANCE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX SSCLIMATE STATISTICS SURFACE TEMPERATURE DEVIATIONS TOTAL OZONE DEVIATIONS UPPER AIR WATER VAPOR PROFILES TEMS GTOS G3OS

Originating Center

GSFC_DAAC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Dataset ID: ANGELL-LYRO3 Dataset ID: ANGELL-SONDE Dataset ID: ANGELL-TOT03 Dataset ID: BERLIN-STRAT Dataset ID: CAC-SST Dataset ID: CLIM-RSRCH-U Dataset ID: CMDL-MLOA Dataset ID: CMDL-SFC Dataset ID: CRU-SOI Dataset ID: ERB-MATRIX Dataset ID: ERBE-S2 Dataset ID: ERBE-S4 Dataset ID: GEDEX CD-ROM Dataset ID: GISS_TMP-DEV Dataset ID: GRNHS-GASES Dataset ID: ISCCP-C2 Dataset ID: MSUTMP Dataset ID: N7-ERB Dataset ID: PENTICTON Dataset ID: Q-BI-OSCIL Dataset ID: RAOB-STATION Dataset ID: SAGEI-PROF Dataset ID: SAGEII-PROF Dataset ID: SSCLIMATE Dataset ID: SUSSKND-TOVS Dataset ID: VGL-TMP-MON Data Center Personnel Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: help-disc at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: CD-ROM

Personnel

GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: help-disc at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA ROBERT A. SCHIFFER Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 301-286-8951 Fax: 301-286-0574 Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mailstop 610.6 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Publications/References
GEDEX CD-ROM Brochure Schiffer, R.A., and S. Unninayar, 1991: 'The
Detection of Climate Change Due to the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect:
A Synthesis of Findings Based on the GEDEX Atmospheric Temperature
Workshop', Columbia, MD, July 9-11, 1991.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-20

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