CERES Level 4
Entry Title: CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.1
Entry ID: CERES_EBAF_Edition4.1
Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
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PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- CERES_EBAF_Ed4.1 Data Quality Summary
DATA QUALITY
- ASDC Data and Information for CERES
- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES EBAF-TOA Data Set Abstract
- CERES Overview of Aqua
- CERES Overview of Terra
- Overview of HDF
- Unidata Overview of Network Common Data Form (NetCDF)
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Processing Level Details
- CERES Product Level Details
PROCESSING HISTORY
- CERES Data Products Catalog
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
- CERES Input Data Sources
REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN
- Read Software Package - CERES_EBAF_Edition4.1 Sample Read Edition 2.7 - Direct File Download (.zip)
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- RADIATIVE FORCING
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- NET RADIATION
- SOLAR RADIATION
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- All-Sky TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Net Balanced Flux
- Clear-Sky (Spatially Complete) TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Net Balanced Flux
- Cloud Radiative Forcing
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Surface
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
NetCDF-4
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Longitude Resolution: 1 degree
Latitude Resolution: 1 degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - Present
Temporal Resolution: month
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
AQUA
Earth Observing System, AQUA
CERES-FM3
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 3
Total Detector Shortwave DetectorCERES-FM4
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 4
Total Detector Shortwave Detector
Terra
Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
CERES-FM1
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 1
Total Detector Shortwave DetectorCERES-FM2
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2
Total Detector Shortwave DetectorMetadata Dates
Created on 2019-05-31
Last updated on 2022-09-27