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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

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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

ANOMALIES

• CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties
• Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

• Quality Summary: CERES_CRS1deg-Hour_Ed4A (1/31/2024)

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• 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)

MICRO ARTICLE

• 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.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• CERES Input Data Sources

READ-ME

• Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products
• View HDF Version 5 Readme

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