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
GOTO WEB TOOL
Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files
PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
PROJECT HOME PAGE
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 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)
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- CERES Processing Level Details
- CERES Product Level Details
PROCESSING HISTORY
- CERES Data Products Catalog
- CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
- 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
READ-ME
- CERES Input Data Sources
REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- ALBEDO
- CLOUDS
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
- SURFACE WINDS
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- NET RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOLS
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- 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
Temporal Resolution: Daily
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 2022-09-27