FAIRsharing record for: Surface Radiation Budget Network Database

This FAIRsharing record describes: Surface Radiation Budget Network Database (SURFRAD) supports climate research with accurate, continuous, long-term measurements of the surface radiation budget over the United States. Data are downloaded, quality controlled, and processed into daily files that are distributed in near real time. Observations from SURFRAD have been used for evaluating satellite-based estimates of surface radiation, and for validating hydrologic, weather prediction, and climate models.

本FAIRsharing记录介绍如下：地表辐射预算网络数据库（Surface Radiation Budget Network Database，SURFRAD）依托对美国境内地表辐射预算开展的精准、持续且长期的观测，为气候研究提供支撑。该数据库的数据经下载、质量控制与处理后生成每日数据文件，并以近乎实时的方式对外分发。SURFRAD的观测数据已被用于评估基于卫星的地表辐射估算结果，同时也可用于验证水文、天气预报及气候模型。