Measurement : Shortwave broadband radiance

A measure of the intrinsic radiant energy flux intensity, at wavelengths between 0.4 and 4 {mu}, emitted by a radiator in a given direction, expressed in units of energy per unit time per unit solid angle.

Categories
Radiometric

Instruments

The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.

  • External Instruments
    • GMS : Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
    • GOES : Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
    • MTSAT : Multi-Functional Transport Satellite
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • GOES : Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
    • LBTM-MINNIS : Minnis Cloud Products Using LBTM Algorithm
    • VISST : Minnis Cloud Products Using Visst Algorithm
    • SAM : Sun and Aureole Measurement
    • UAV-PROTEUS : UAV Proteus
    • UAV-EGRETT : UAV-Egrett

Value-Added Products

Datastreams

  • GOES : Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites Datastreams
    • GOES8 : GOES-8: channels 1-5
    • GOES10 : GOES-10: channels 1-5
    • GOES12 : GOES-12: channels 1-5
    • GOES8VIS : GOES-8: visible channel
    • GOES10VIS : GOES-10: visible channel
    • GOES12VIS : GOES-12: visible channel
    • GOES9 : Satellite images covering longitude: 90E, 200E,latitude: 30S, 30N.
  • MTSAT : Multi-Functional Transport Satellite Datastreams
    • MTSAT : Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT)
  • GMS : Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Datastreams
    • GMS5 : GMS-5: visible 1.25-km res., IR 5-km resolution