CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - ERBS -
Full Name Earth Radiation Budget Sensor Status No longer considered
Instrument Agencies NOAA, NASA Maturity
Instrument Type Earth radiation budget radiometers Geometry Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology Broad-band radiometer Sampling Imaging
Data Access Data Format HDF and ASCII (ASCII- limited data sets)
Measurements and Applications Long term measurement of the Earth's radiation budget and atmospheric radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the surface; provision of an accurate and self-consistent cloud and radiation database. Presently planned as a follow-on sensor to CERES. All technical parameters are to be determined.
Resolution Summary TBD
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary TBD
Waveband Summary TBD
 
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Radiation budgetUpward short-wave irradiance at TOA
Upward long-wave irradiance at TOA
Downward short-wave irradiance at Earth surface
Downward long-wave irradiance at Earth surface
Upwelling (Outgoing) long-wave radiation at Earth surface
Long-wave Earth surface emissivity
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Earth Radiation Budget click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions