CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Aqua Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_SSF1deg-Month_Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Publications which Cite this Collection
Raghuraman, Shiv Priyam; Paynter, David; Ramaswamy, V.; Menzel, Raymond; Huang, Xianglei (2023). Greenhouse Gas Forcing and Climate Feedback Signatures Identified in Hyperspectral Infrared Satellite Observations.
Zhang, Bohai; Li, Furong; Sang, Huiyan; Cressie, Noel (2022). Inferring Changes in Arctic Sea Ice through a Spatio-Temporal Logistic Autoregression Fitted to Remote-Sensing Data.
Ahlgrimm, Maike; Forbes, Richard M.; Hogan, Robin J.; Sandu, Irina (2022). Understanding Global Model Systematic Shortwave Radiation Errors in Subtropical Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Regimes.
Shea, Yolanda L.; Wielicki, Bruce A.; Sun-Mack, Sunny; Minnis, Patrick (2020). Quantifying the Dependence of Satellite Cloud Retrievals on Instrument Uncertainty.
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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Aqua CERES First Light: Image of the Day - The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is one of six on board the Aqua satellite.
- 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 First Light Images: Image of the Day - These two Terra instruments join a previous CERES scanner on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) which was launched on November 27, 1997
- 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: Does the Earth Have an Iris Analog - Sensors on the TRMM and Terra satellite missions routinely measure these cloud physical properties, which scientists will match in time and space with CERES.
- 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: Net Radiation - The measurements were made by the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites.
- 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.
- 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.
- NASA Earth Observeratory Article: A Delicate Balance: Signs of Change in the Tropics - New data sets were also used from NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments that fly aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring...
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
PROCESSING HISTORY
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCT USAGE
- CERES Input Data Sources
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
- CLOUDS
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- SURFACE WINDS
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- NET RADIATION
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ALBEDO
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOLS
- Cloud Base Pressure
- Cloud Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Layer Area
- Cloud Overlap
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Ice Particle Diameter
- Ice Water Path
- Liquid Water Path
- Longwave (LW) Flux
- Longwave (LW) Unfiltered Radiance
- Shortwave (SW) Flux
- Shortwave (SW) Unfiltered Radiance
- Surface (Radiative) Flux
- Surface Type
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Vertical Aspect Ratio
- Visible Optical Depth
- Water Particle Radius
- Window (Wn) Flux
- Window (Wn) Unfiltered Radiance
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2002-07-01 - Present