AVHRR/HIRS Longwave Radiation Budget Data (RBUD)

Radiation Budget Data - The Radiation Budget product suite is produced from the primary morning and afternoon Polar Orbiters. Product shows a measure of the longwave radiation emitted (W/m^2) by the earth-atmosphere system to space. The observations are displayed on a one degree equal area map for the day and night. The products are: GAC long wave, HIRS long wave, longwave histogram, annual mean, monthly mean, and seasonal mean. This is a NESDIS legacy product and the file naming pattern is as follows: NPR.RBSD.[SatelliteID].D[YYDDD] or NPR.RBMD.[SatelliteID].D[YYDDD]