Monthly Mean Surface Albedo From CERES/SARB Calculations

FSW Surface Albedo Description Ocean Albedo d-Value Access Data Plot Albedo Maps

HOW TO ACCESS SARB CLEAR SKY MONTHLY MEAN ALBEDO MAPS FTP access to data: Maps can be easily accessed via anonymous ftp.     >ftp www-cave.larc.nasa.gov     Name : anonymous     Password: (complete e-mail address as password)     ftp>cd public/cave/FSW/albedo_sfc     ftp>ls (sometimes from a SUN one needs to type "ls -l" to see files)     ftp>get FSW_ClrSfcAlb_E2C.200005.dat     ftp>quit To access data using your browser click here . Data file format: Data files are ascii, written using a fortran format of "(3f10.3,i6)". Each file contains three header lines defining the data source and each column. This is followed by four columns of data 64800(=360*180) lines long. Latitude and longitude are implicit in the line index where: line 1 is 89.5N, -179.5W line 361 is 88.5N, -179.5W etc. . . For example: Monthly mean clear sky surface albedo Satellite=Terra; Instrument=FM1; Date=2000/05 Albedo; Cos(SZA); D-value; Surface Flag; 0.469 0.326 0.200 1 0.469 0.326 0.200 1 0.469 0.326 0.200 1 0.469 0.326 0.200 1 0.469 0.326 0.200 1 0.469 0.326 0.200 1 0.469 0.326 0.200 1 0.469 0.326 0.200 1

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