CERES Level 2
Entry Title: CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release D1
Entry ID: CER_CCCM_Aqua-FM3-MODIS-CAL-CS_RelD1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for CERES
- CERES Documentation
- CERES General Product Info
- CERES Overview of Aqua
- Overview of HDF
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- CERES Processing Level Details
PROCESSING HISTORY
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
- CERES Input Data Sources
PRODUCT HISTORY
- Quality Summary: CERES CCCM Rel D1
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- CERES Product Level Details
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- NET RADIATION
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- ALBEDO
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- EMISSIVITY
- SURFACE WINDS
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Window (Wn) Region Flux
- Surface Fluxes
- Cloud Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Effective Height
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Clear-Sky Fluxes
- Total-Sky Fluxes
- Surface Emissivity
- Cloud Liquid Water Path
- Cloud Ice Water Path
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Horizontal Resolution Range: 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2006-07-01 - Present
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
AQUA
Earth Observing System, AQUA
CERES-FM3
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 3
MODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
CALIPSO
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
CALIOP
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
CLOUDSAT
CLOUDSAT-CPR
CLOUDSAT CLOUD PROFILING RADAR
Metadata Dates
Created on 2021-09-23
Last updated on 2021-11-12