CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES SYN1deg Observed Radiative Fluxes and Clouds with Computed Profile Fluxes Day Edition3A
Entry ID: CER_SYN1deg-Day_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition3A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
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Publications which Cite this Collection
Gryspeerdt, Edward; Quaas, Johannes; Goren, Tom; Klocke, Daniel; Brueck, Matthias (2022). An automated cirrus classification.
Holmes, Thomas R. H.; Hain, Christopher R.; Crow, Wade T.; Anderson, Martha C.; Kustas, William P. (2021). Microwave implementation of two-source energy balance approach for estimating evapotranspiration.
Salazar-Martínez, Diego; Holwerda, Friso; Holmes, Thomas R.H.; Yépez, Enrico A.; Hain, Christopher R.; Alvarado-Barrientos, Susana; Ángeles-Pérez, Gregorio; Arredondo-Moreno, Tulio; Delgado-Balbuena, Josué; Figueroa-Espinoza, Bernardo; Garatuza-Payán, Jaime; González del Castillo, Eugenia; Rodríguez, Julio C.; Rojas-Robles, Nidia E.; Uuh-Sonda, Jorge M.; Vivoni, Enrique R. (2018). Evaluation of remote sensing-based evapotranspiration products at low-latitude eddy covariance sites.
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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: Heart of drought
- 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: Clouds in the Balance
- 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
- Quality Summary: CERES_SYN1deg_Ed3A (8/8/2013)
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- RADIATIVE FORCING
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATION
- ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- Clear-Sky Fluxes
- Cloud Effective Height
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Cloud Vertical Aspect Ratio
- Column Ozone
- In-Atmospheric Fluxes
- Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Fluxes
- Shortwave (SW) Diffused Fluxes
- Shortwave (SW) Direct Fluxes
- Surface Fluxes
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Total-Sky Fluxes
- Window (Wn) Region Flux
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - 2013-05-01
Temporal Resolution: Daily