CERES Level 2
Entry Title: CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_CRS_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
GET RELATED VISUALIZATION
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for CERES
- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES General Product Info
- CERES Overview of Aqua
- CERES Overview of TRMM
- CERES Overview of Terra
- 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)
- Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview
- 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 Cloud Working Group Teleconference
PI DOCUMENTATION
- CERES Processing Level Details
- CERES Product Level Details
PROCESSING HISTORY
- Quality Summary: CERES Terra Edition4A CRS
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- CERES Data Products Catalog
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
- CERES Input Data Sources
REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- EMISSIVITY
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- NET RADIATION
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- ALBEDO
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- Cloud Layer Area
- Longwave (LW) Flux
- Shortwave (SW) Flux
- Surface (Radiative) Flux
- Surface Type
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Visible Optical Depth
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: 2018-01-01 - Present
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
Terra
Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1)
CERES-FM1
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 1
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window DetectorMODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Metadata Dates
Created on 2023-02-14
Last updated on 2023-12-04