TOVS-Derived Downwelling Surface Longwave Radiation in the Arctic 1979-2005

This data set contains downwelling flux of longwave radiation (DLF) measurements over the Arctic. These data were derived from TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) radiances of temperature profiles, humidity estimates, and cloud cover combined with brightness temperature differences from pairs of infrared and near-infrared TOVS channels used to infer cloud phase and geometric thickness. Data were gathered daily between 13 July 1979 through 31 December 2005.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1979-07-13T12:00:00Z
    End:  2005-12-31T12:00:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1979-07-13T12:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2005-12-31T12:00:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 70.00000
Bounding Box West Long -180.00000
Bounding Box East Long 180.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : README_NFLX.html
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Resource Format TAR/GNU Zip (.tar.gz/.tgz) (application/x-gzip)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 186 MB
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Author Jennifer A. Francis
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Publication Date 2012-05-02T19:02:55
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.411
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:02Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.411
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Jennifer A. Francis. (2012). TOVS-Derived Downwelling Surface Longwave Radiation in the Arctic 1979-2005. 1.0. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.411. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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