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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Publications

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Wong, Vox Kalai; Zhang, Chujun; Zhang, Zhuoqiong; Hao, Mingwei; Zhou, Yuanyuan; So, Shu Kong (2023). 0.01–0.5 sun is a realistic and alternative irradiance window to analyze urban outdoor photovoltaic cells.

Francis, Diana; Fonseca, Ricardo; Mattingly, Kyle S.; Lhermitte, Stef; Walker, Catherine (2023). Foehn winds at Pine Island Glacier and their role in ice changes.

Fernández-Soler, Alejandro; González-Bárcena, David; Torralbo-Gimeno, Ignacio; Pérez-Grande, Isabel (2023). Ascent phase convective heat transfer of a stratospheric-balloon-borne payload.

Reed, K. A.; Stansfield, A. M.; Hsu, W.‐C.; Kooperman, G. J.; Akinsanola, A. A.; Hannah, W. M.; Pendergrass, A. G.; Medeiros, B. (2023). Evaluating the Simulation of CONUS Precipitation by Storm Type in E3SM.

Atlas, Rachel; Bretherton, Christopher S. (2023). Aircraft observations of gravity wave activity and turbulence in the tropical tropopause layer: prevalence, influence on cirrus clouds, and comparison with global storm-resolving models.

Jin, Yubin; Hu, Shijie; Ziegler, Alan D.; Gibson, Luke; Campbell, J. Elliott; Xu, Rongrong; Chen, Deliang; Zhu, Kai; Zheng, Yan; Ye, Bin; Ye, Fan; Zeng, Zhenzhong (2023). Energy production and water savings from floating solar photovoltaics on global reservoirs.

Wang, Zhenquan; Yuan, Jian; Wood, Robert; Chen, Yifan; Tong, Tiancheng (2023). Profile-based estimated inversion strength.

Barrientos-Velasco, Carola; Deneke, Hartwig; Hünerbein, Anja; Griesche, Hannes J.; Seifert, Patric; Macke, Andreas (2022). Radiative closure and cloud effects on the radiation budget based on satellite and shipborne observations during the Arctic summer research cruise, PS106.

González-Bárcena, David; Bermejo-Ballesteros, Juan; Pérez-Grande, Isabel; Sanz-Andrés, Ángel (2022). Selection of time-dependent worst-case thermal environmental conditions for Low Earth Orbit spacecrafts.

Zhang, Yuan; Bi, Shengshan; Wu, Jiangtao (2022). Effect of Temporal Sampling Interval on the Irradiance for Moon-Based Wide Field-of-View Radiometer.

Itterly, Kyle; Taylor, Patrick; Roberts, J. Brent (2021). Satellite Perspectives of Sea Surface Temperature Diurnal Warming on Atmospheric Moistening and Radiative Heating during MJO.

Schwitalla, Thomas; Warrach-Sagi, Kirsten; Wulfmeyer, Volker; Resch, Michael (2021). Near-global-scale high-resolution seasonal simulations with WRF-Noah-MP v.3.8.1.

Ghiz, Madison L.; Scott, Ryan C.; Vogelmann, Andrew M.; Lenaerts, Jan T. M.; Lazzara, Matthew; Lubin, Dan (2020). Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica.

Atlas, R. L.; Bretherton, C. S.; Khairoutdinov, M. F.; Blossey, P. N. (2019). Hallett‐Mossop Rime Splintering Dims Cumulus Clouds Over the Southern Ocean: New Insight From Nudged Global Storm‐Resolving Simulations.

González-Bárcena, David; Fernández-Soler, Alejandro; Pérez-Grande, Isabel; Sanz-Andrés, Ángel (2019). Real data-based thermal environment definition for the ascent phase of Polar-Summer Long Duration Balloon missions from Esrange (Sweden).

Denning, Scott (2018). Multiscale Land-Atmosphere Interaction in Tropical Ecosystems.

Tornow, F.; Domenech, C.; Cole, J. N. S.; Madenach, N.; Fischer, J. (2018). Changes in TOA SW Fluxes over Marine Clouds When Estimated via Semiphysical Angular Distribution Models.

Zhang, Chunyan; Wang, Donghai; Pang, Zihao; Jiang, Xiaoling (2017). Observed Large‐Scale Structures and Diabatic Heating Profiles of Precipitation Over the Tibetan Plateau and South China.

Zeitler, Lea; Corbin, Armin; Vielberg, Kristin; Rudenko, Sergei; Löcher, Anno; Bloßfeld, Mathis; Schmidt, Michael; Kusche, Jürgen (2017). Scale Factors of the Thermospheric Density: A Comparison of Satellite Laser Ranging and Accelerometer Solutions.

Taylor, Patrick C.; Itterly, Kyle F.; Corbett, Joe; Bucholtz, Anthony; Sejas, Sergio; Su, Wenying; Doelling, Dave; Kato, Seiji (2017). A Comparison of Top‐Of‐Atmosphere Radiative Fluxes From CERES and ARISE.

Hinkelman, Laura M.; Marchand, Roger (2016). Evaluation of CERES and CloudSat Surface Radiative Fluxes Over Macquarie Island, the Southern Ocean.

Huang, Han; Huang, Yi (2013). A Decomposition of the Atmospheric and Surface Contributions to the Outgoing Longwave Radiation.

Fonseca, Ricardo; Francis, Diana; Nelli, Narendra; Cherif, Charfeddine (2013). Regional atmospheric circulation patterns driving consecutive fog events in the United Arab Emirates.

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

GOTO WEB TOOL

CERES Data Page

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

DATA CITATION POLICY

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

• Quality Summary: CERES_SYN1deg_Ed4A (10/3/2017)

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 Overview of Aqua
• CERES SYN1deg 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)
• 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

MICRO ARTICLE

• NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance

PROCESSING HISTORY

• CERES Product Level Details

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• CERES Data Products Catalog
• CERES Data Products Catalog R5V1 11/22/2013 Synoptic Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Intermediate (SYNI)
• CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog

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: 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...

READ-ME

• HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme
• Readme Information on CER_SYN1deg Edition 3 Data Sets
• View HDF Version 5 Readme

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

• Read Software Package - SYN1deg - Direct File Download (.zip)

USER'S GUIDE

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

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