CERES Level 1B
Entry Title: CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM4 Edition1-CV
Entry ID: CER_BDS_Aqua-FM4_Edition1-CV
Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- ASDC's data citation policy
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for CERES
- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES Overview of Aqua
- CERES Overview of TRMM
- HDF Science Data Set (SDS) Information Tool Overview
- HDF data manipulation software (applications to open a Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) file and display a browse image and/or data file information)
- Overview of HDF
- View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf)
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Processing Level Details
- CERES Product Level Details
PROCESSING HISTORY
- Quality Summary: CERES BDS (BiDirectional Scan) Aqua Edition 1
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- CERES Data Products Catalog
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
- HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme
- Readme Information on the CERES BDS Data Sets
- View HDF Version 5 Readme
READ-ME
- CERES Input Data Sources
REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- INFRARED RADIANCE
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- NET RADIATION
- SINK TEMPERATURE
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- VISIBLE RADIANCE
- Converted Temperatures
- Converted Voltages and Torques
- Shortwave (SW) Detector Output
- Shortwave (SW) Filtered Upward Radiance
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Radiance: Shortwave (SW) Filtered (0-5_m)
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Radiance: Total Filtered (0-100_m)
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Radiance: Window Filtered (8-12_m)
- Total Detector Output
- Window (Wn) Detector Output
- Window (Wn) Filtered Radiance Upwards
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2002-06-17 - 2005-03-30
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
AQUA
Earth Observing System, AQUA
CERES-FM4
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 4
Metadata Dates
Created on 2014-01-17
Last updated on 2022-12-02