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
DOI
Resources and Documentation
PROJECT HOME PAGE
PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
NASA Mission Overview of the CERES/ARM Validation Experiment (CAVE)
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Product Information: CERES EBAF-TOA Product Information
How to cite ASDC data
ASDC Data and Information for CERES
CERES EBAF-TOA Data Set Abstract
Readme Information on the CERES_EBAF-TOA_Edition 4.0 Data Set
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
Read Software Package - CERES_EBAF_Edition4.1 Sample Read Edition 2.7 - Direct File Download (.zip)
Readme Information on CERES_EBA_Edition4.1
Unidata Overview of Network Common Data Form (NetCDF)
CERES EBAF Product Information
CERES_EBAF_Ed4.1 Data Quality Summary (September 4, 2019)
CERES Data Products Catalog
Data Product Catalog CERES Editions 1-4 as well as Internal and External Ancillary Products
CERES Product Level Details
CERES Input Data Sources
CERES General Product Info
CERES Processing Level Details
NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
CERES Collection Guides
CERES On-Line Documentation
CERES Instrument Working Group Web Sites
CERES Overview of FM3 & FM4 on Aqua
CERES Overview of PFM on TRMM
NASA Earth Observeratory Article: A Delicate Balance: Signs of Change in the Tropics - New data sets were also used from NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments that fly aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring...
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Aqua CERES First Light: Image of the Day - The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is one of six on board the Aqua satellite.
NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES Detects Earth's Heat and Energy: Image of the Day - Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) monitors solar energy reflected from the Earth and heat energy emitted from the Earth.
NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES First Light Images: Image of the Day - These two Terra instruments join a previous CERES scanner on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) which was launched on November 27, 1997
NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES Global Cloud Fraction - Each map combines observations from the CERES sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites collected on December 27, 2008
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Does the Earth Have an Iris Analog - Sensors on the TRMM and Terra satellite missions routinely measure these cloud physical properties, which scientists will match in time and space with CERES.
NASA Earth Observatory Article: First Monthly CERES Global Longwave and Shortwave Radiation - These measurements were acquired by NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors during March 2000.
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Net Radiation - The measurements were made by the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites.
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Space-based Observations of the Earth (Thermal radiation emitted from the Earth's surface and clouds on March 1, 2000 as seen by the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES))
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Terra Spacecraft Fact Sheet - Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) CERES will measure the Earth's energy balance—comparing the amount of energy from the sun that...
NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Arctic Is Absorbing More Sunlight - The radiation measurements were made by NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments which fly on multiple satellites.
NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds.
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Tropical Cloud Systems and CERES: Image of the Day - CERES detects the amount of outgoing heat and reflected sunlight leaving the planet.
Overview of HDF
ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
CERES Data Products
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- RADIATIVE FORCING
- NET RADIATION
- SOLAR RADIATION
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- 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
Note: "Get Dataset" is a link to our recommended order method. The down arrow will show you additional options.
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