CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Terra FM1 Edition2G
Entry ID: CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2G
Aerosols 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 Terra Edition 2 FSW & CERES Aqua Edition2 FSW
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- HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- EMISSIVITY
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
- ALBEDO
- 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
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2007-12-01 - 2010-06-30