CERES Level 2
Entry Title: SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-15 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.0
Entry ID: CER_GEO_Ed4_GOE15_NH_V01
Clouds
Resources and Documentation
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- ASDC's data citation policy
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES General Product Info
- Overview of HDF
- Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files
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: Clouds in the Balance
- 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: 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.
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Tropical Cloud Systems and CERES: Image of the Day - CERES detects the amount of outgoing heat and reflected sunlight leaving the planet.
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCT USAGE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
NetCDF-4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2011-12-06 - 2017-02-28
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
GOES-15
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15
GOES-15 Imager
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15-Imager
Metadata Dates
Created on 2017-01-16
Last updated on 2024-07-17