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Publications which Cite this Collection

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Wang, Jingyu; Lin, Yun; Wang, Xianfeng; Gu, Yu; Yim, Steve Hung-Lam (2024). Significant changes in cloud radiative effects over Southwestern United States during the COVID-19 flight reduction period.

Wang, Xiaocong; Miao, Hao; Feng, Juan; Liu, Yimin (2024). Comparison of Short‐Term Cloud Feedbacks at Top of the Atmosphere and the Surface in Observations and AMIP6 Models.

Zhang, Yuying; Xie, Shaocheng; Qin, Yi; Lin, Wuyin; Golaz, Jean-Christophe; Zheng, Xue; Ma, Po-Lun; Qian, Yun; Tang, Qi; Terai, Christopher R.; Zhang, Meng (2024). Understanding changes in cloud simulations from E3SM version 1 to version 2.

Raghuraman, Shiv Priyam; Paynter, David; Ramaswamy, V.; Menzel, Raymond; Huang, Xianglei (2023). Greenhouse Gas Forcing and Climate Feedback Signatures Identified in Hyperspectral Infrared Satellite Observations.

Kan, Fei; Lian, Xu; Cui, Jiangpeng; Chen, Anping; Mao, Jiafu; He, Mingzhu; Xu, Hao; Piao, Shilong (2023). Discrepant trends in global land-surface and air temperatures controlled by vegetation biophysical feedbacks.

Wei, Jiangfeng; Lu, Boyan; Song, Yuanyuan; Chen, Haishan; Weng, Zhimei (2023). Anthropogenic Aerosols Weaken Land–Atmosphere Coupling Over North China.

Cole, Jason Neil Steven; Von Salzen, Knut; Li, Jiangnan; Scinocca, John; Plummer, David; Arora, Vivek; McFarlane, Norman; Lazare, Michael; MacKay, Murray; Verseghy, Diana (2023). The Canadian Atmospheric Model version 5 (CanAM5.0.3).

Taylor, Patrick C.; Monroe, Emily (2023). Isolating the Surface Type Influence on Arctic Low‐Clouds.

Shaw, Jonah K.; Kay, Jennifer E. (2023). Processes Controlling the Seasonally Varying Emergence of Forced Arctic Longwave Radiation Changes.

Ghausi, Sarosh Alam; Tian, Yinglin; Zehe, Erwin; Kleidon, Axel (2023). Radiative controls by clouds and thermodynamics shape surface temperatures and turbulent fluxes over land.

Huang, Han; Huang, Yi (2023). Diagnosing the Radiation Biases in Global Climate Models Using Radiative Kernels.

Cordero, Raúl R.; Feron, Sarah; Damiani, Alessandro; Sepúlveda, Edgardo; Jorquera, Jose; Redondas, Alberto; Seckmeyer, Gunther; Carrasco, Jorge; Rowe, Penny; Ouyang, Zutao (2023). Surface Solar Extremes in the Most Irradiated Region on Earth, Altiplano.

Tomassini, Lorenzo; Willett, Martin; Sellar, Alistair; Lock, Adrian; Walters, David; Whitall, Michael; Sanchez, Claudio; Heming, Julian; Earnshaw, Paul; Rodriguez, José M.; Ackerley, Duncan; Xavier, Prince; Franklin, Charmaine; Senior, Catherine A. (2023). Confronting the Convective Gray Zone in the Global Configuration of the Met Office Unified Model.

Li, Donghao; Folini, Doris; Wild, Martin (2023). Assessment of Top of Atmosphere, Atmospheric and Surface Energy Budgets in CMIP6 Models on Regional Scales.

Jönsson, Aiden R.; Bender, Frida A.-M. (2023). The implications of maintaining Earth's hemispheric albedo symmetry for shortwave radiative feedbacks.

Hohenegger, Cathy; Korn, Peter; Linardakis, Leonidas; Redler, René; Schnur, Reiner; Adamidis, Panagiotis; Bao, Jiawei; Bastin, Swantje; Behravesh, Milad; Bergemann, Martin; Biercamp, Joachim; Bockelmann, Hendryk; Brokopf, Renate; Brüggemann, Nils; Casaroli, Lucas; Chegini, Fatemeh; Datseris, George; Esch, Monika; George, Geet; Giorgetta, Marco; Gutjahr, Oliver; Haak, Helmuth; Hanke, Moritz; Ilyina, Tatiana; Jahns, Thomas; Jungclaus, Johann; Kern, Marcel; Klocke, Daniel; Kluft, Lukas; Kölling, Tobias; Kornblueh, Luis; Kosukhin, Sergey; Kroll, Clarissa; Lee, Junhong; Mauritsen, Thorsten; Mehlmann, Carolin; Mieslinger, Theresa; Naumann, Ann Kristin; Paccini, Laura; Peinado, Angel; Praturi, Divya Sri; Putrasahan, Dian; Rast, Sebastian; Riddick, Thomas; Roeber, Niklas; Schmidt, Hauke; Schulzweida, Uwe; Schütte, Florian; Segura, Hans; Shevchenko, Radomyra; Singh, Vikram; Specht, Mia; Stephan, Claudia Christine; Von Storch, Jin-Song; Vogel, Raphaela; Wengel, Christian; Winkler, Marius; Ziemen, Florian; Marotzke, Jochem; Stevens, Bjorn (2023). ICON-Sapphire: simulating the components of the Earth system and their interactions at kilometer and subkilometer scales.

Wang, Huanhuan; Yue, Chao; Luyssaert, Sebastiaan (2023). Reconciling different approaches to quantifying land surface temperature impacts of afforestation using satellite observations.

Smoliak, Brian V; Gelobter, Michel; Haley, Jeff T (2021). Mapping potential surface contributions to reflected solar radiation.

Wright, Jonathon S.; Sun, Xiaoyi; Konopka, Paul; Krüger, Kirstin; Legras, Bernard; Molod, Andrea M.; Tegtmeier, Susann; Zhang, Guang J.; Zhao, Xi (2018). Differences in tropical high clouds among reanalyses: origins and radiative impacts.

Alexandri, Georgia; Georgoulias, Aristeidis K.; Balis, Dimitris (2018). Effect of Aerosols, Tropospheric NO2 and Clouds on Surface Solar Radiation over the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece).

Wu, Wen‐Ying; Yang, Zong‐Liang (2017). Aridity‐Dependent Land Surface Skin Temperature Biases in CMIP5/6.

Ghausi, Sarosh Alam; Ghosh, Subimal; Kleidon, Axel (2016). Breakdown in precipitation–temperature scaling over India predominantly explained by cloud-driven cooling.

Lee, Jae N.; Wu, Dong L. (2015). Non‐Gaussian Distributions of TOA SW Flux as Observed by MISR and CERES.

Lauer, Axel; Bock, Lisa; Hassler, Birgit; Schröder, Marc; Stengel, Martin (2012). Cloud Climatologies from Global Climate Models—A Comparison of CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models with Satellite Data.

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

GOTO WEB TOOL

CERES Data Page

PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE

TERRA Overview

PROJECT HOME PAGE

CERES project home page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

• NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES

DATA CITATION POLICY

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

• CERES_EBAF_Ed4.1 Data Quality Summary

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
• CERES Documentation
• CERES Overview of Aqua
• CERES Overview of Terra
• Overview of HDF
• Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files
• Unidata Overview of Network Common Data Form (NetCDF)

MICRO ARTICLE

• NASA Earth Observatory 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 Mission (TRMM) as well as the newer Terra satellite.
• 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: Clouds in the Balance
• 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.

PRODUCT USAGE

• CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• CERES Input Data Sources

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

• Read Software Package - CERES_EBAF_Edition4.1 Sample Read Edition 2.7 - Direct File Download (.zip)

USER'S GUIDE

• CERES EBAF-TOA Data Set Abstract

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