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Definition

Surface incident shortwave radiation is a measure of the incident shortwave radiant energy from the Sun to the Earth’s surface. It is an important measured quantity in analyzing of the energy balance in the Earth system. Surface incident shortwave radiation can be expressed by radiant energy flux per unit of area.

Applications

1. Environmental issues
2. Water cycle
3. Energy cycle
4. Weather forecast
5. Climate prediction modeling

GES DISC Datasets

To access products that have specific parameter click on the corresponding 'data access' links in the table below.

Parameter	Units	Platform /Instrument	Data
			Begin Date	End Date	Access	Doc
Surface Incident Shortwave Radiation	W/m2	GLDAS Model	1979	2007	ftp	Y

Other sources for data

1.GLDAS 2.NSIDC 3. ISCCP 4. ARM SRB