CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly Terra Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_SSF1deg-Hour_Terra-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties
- Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue
ANOMALIES
- How to cite ASDC data
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
- View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf)
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: 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.
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
PROCESSING HISTORY
- CERES Input Data Sources
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- NET RADIATION
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- AEROSOLS
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- CLOUDS
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SURFACE WINDS
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- ALBEDO
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- Cloud Base Pressure
- Cloud Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Layer Area
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Ice Particle Raidus
- Ice Water Path
- Liquid Water Path
- Longwave (LW) Flux
- Shortwave (SW) Flux
- Surface (Radiative) Flux
- Surface Type
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Visible Optical Depth
- Water Particle Radius
- Window (Wn) Flux
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 GEOGRAPHIC REGION
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - 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 DetectorCERES-FM2
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window DetectorMetadata Dates
Created on 2017-01-04
Last updated on 2024-02-07