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CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order

CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order: Single Scanner Footprint (SSF)

Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files

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 POLICY

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

• Quality Summary: CERES_SSF1deg-Hour/Day/Month_Ed4A (3/13/2018)

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Data and Information for CERES
• ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
• CERES Documentation
• CERES General Product Info
• CERES Hourly Gridded TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF1deg-Hour) Data Set Abstract
• 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)

HOW-TO

• Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries

PROCESSING HISTORY

• CERES Processing Level Details
• CERES Product Level Details

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• CERES Data Products Catalog
• CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)

PUBLICATIONS

• Angular Distribution Models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Terra Satellite. Part II: Validation
• 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.

READ-ME

• HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme
• Read Me - CERES Data Products Catalog R3V2, October 2000, section 2.5 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
• Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products
• View HDF Version 5 Readme

REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN

• CERES Input Data Sources

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

• NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES

USER'S GUIDE

• CERES Data Management System View HDF User's Guide - Version 5.0, November 2007

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