CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES Regionally Averaged Computed TOA, within the Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Hourly Aqua Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_CRS1deg-Hour_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
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PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties
- Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue
ANOMALIES
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION GUIDELINES
- Quality Summary: CERES_CRS1deg-Hour_Ed4A (1/31/2024)
DATA QUALITY
- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES General Product Info
- View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf)
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- 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 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: 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: 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.
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Input Data Sources
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ALBEDO
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUDS
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- AEROSOLS
- ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- Cloud Layer Area
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Longwave (LW) Flux
- Shortwave (SW) Flux
- Surface (Radiative) Flux
- Surface Type
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Visible Optical Depth
- Window (Wn) Flux
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2018-01-01 - 2022-12-31
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 Detector Window DetectorCERES-FM4
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 4
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window DetectorMetadata Dates
Created on 2024-01-09
Last updated on 2024-04-11