CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds TRMM Edition2C
Entry ID: CER_FSW_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C
Clouds Radiation Budget
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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Cloud Working Group Teleconference
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PROCESSING HISTORY
- Quality Summary: CERES TRMM Edition2C FSW
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- CERES Data Products Catalog
- CERES Data Products Catalog R3V2 2/21/2003 Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds (FSW)
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCTION HISTORY
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- HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme
- Readme Information on the CERES FSW data sets: CER_FSW_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C, CER_FSW_TRMM-FM1-MODIS_Beta3, and CER_FSW_TRMM-FM2-MODIS_Beta3
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ALBEDO
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- Clear-Sky Albedo
- Clear-Sky Longwave (LW) Flux
- Clear-Sky Shortwave (SW) Flux
- Clear-Sky Solar Incidence
- Cloud Base Pressure
- Cloud Layer Area
- Cloud Overlap
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Ice Particle Diameter
- Liquid Water Path
- Net Flux
- Solar (Radiance) Flux
- Surface Type
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Vertical Aspect Ratio
- Visible Optical Depth
- Water Particle Radius
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1998-01-01 - 2000-03-31
Temporal Resolution: Monthly