CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-Aqua Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_SYN1deg-Day_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Publications which Cite this Collection
Sasaki, Kaname (2025). Simplified Earth infrared and albedo coefficient models for spacecraft thermal analysis based on the CERES data products.
Feldman, Andrew F.; Konings, Alexandra G.; Gentine, Pierre; Cattry, Mitra; Wang, Lixin; Smith, William K.; Biederman, Joel A.; Chatterjee, Abhishek; Joiner, Joanna; Poulter, Benjamin (2024). Large global-scale vegetation sensitivity to daily rainfall variability.
Ghausi, Sarosh Alam; Zehe, Erwin; Ghosh, Subimal; Tian, Yinglin; Kleidon, Axel (2024). Thermodynamically inconsistent extreme precipitation sensitivities across continents driven by cloud-radiative effects.
Lee, Haein; Park, Rokjin; Jeong, Jaein (2024). Impact of Recent Meteorological Changes on Surface Ozone Increases in Seoul Metropolitan Area.
Liang, Kaixin; Wang, Jinfei; Luo, Hao; Yang, Qinghua (2023). The Role of Atmospheric Rivers in Antarctic Sea Ice Variations.
Horvath, Sean; Boisvert, Linette; Parker, Chelsea; Webster, Melinda; Taylor, Patrick; Boeke, Robyn; Fons, Steven; Stewart, J. Scott (2023). Database of daily Lagrangian Arctic sea ice parcel drift tracks with coincident ice and atmospheric conditions.
Zhou, Lu; Heuzé, Céline; Mohrmann, Martin (2023). Sea Ice Production in the 2016 and 2017 Maud Rise Polynyas.
Feng, Jin; Zhang, Ke; Zhan, Huijie; Chao, Lijun (2023). Improved soil evaporation remote sensing retrieval algorithms and associated uncertainty analysis on the Tibetan Plateau.
Schuddeboom, A. J.; McDonald, A. J. (2022). Understanding Internal Cluster Variability Through Subcluster Metric Analysis in a Geophysical Context.
Trautmann, Tina; Koirala, Sujan; Carvalhais, Nuno; Güntner, Andreas; Jung, Martin (2021). The importance of vegetation in understanding terrestrial water storage variations.
Bony, Sandrine; Schulz, Hauke; Vial, Jessica; Stevens, Bjorn (2021). Sugar, Gravel, Fish, and Flowers: Dependence of Mesoscale Patterns of Trade‐Wind Clouds on Environmental Conditions.
Cui, Jiecan; Shi, Tenglong; Zhou, Yue; Wu, Dongyou; Wang, Xin; Pu, Wei (2020). Satellite-based radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow across the Northern Hemisphere.
Zhang, Jianhao; Zuidema, Paquita (2020). The diurnal cycle of the smoky marine boundary layer observed during August in the remote southeast Atlantic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (23), 14493. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14493-2019
Kraft, Basil; Jung, Martin; Körner, Marco; Koirala, Sujan; Reichstein, Markus (2019). Towards hybrid modeling of the global hydrological cycle.
Liu, Qiaozhen; Zhang, Zhaoyang; Fan, Meng; Wang, Quan (2019). The Divergent Estimates of Diffuse Radiation Effects on Gross Primary Production of Forest Ecosystems Using Light‐Use Efficiency Models.
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.
Li, Jiawei; Han, Zhiwei; Chen, Liang; Wu, Yunfei; Luo, Li (2018). Modeling study of aerosol-meteorology feedback during winter haze events over the north China plain.
Wright, Jonathon S.; Sun, Xiaoyi; Konopka, Paul; Krüger, Kirstin; Legras, Bernard; Molod, Andrea M.; Tegtmeier, Susann; Zhang, Guang J.; Zhao, Xi (2018). Differences in tropical high clouds among reanalyses: origins and radiative impacts.
Wehrli, Kathrin; Guillod, Benoit P.; Hauser, Mathias; Leclair, Matthieu; Seneviratne, Sonia I. (2018). Identifying Key Driving Processes of Major Recent Heat Waves.
Chen, Xingan; Huang, Yuefei; Nie, Chong; Zhang, Shuo; Wang, Guangqian; Chen, Shiliu; Chen, Zhichao (2017). A long-term reconstructed TROPOMI solar-induced fluorescence dataset using machine learning algorithms.
Ghausi, Sarosh Alam; Ghosh, Subimal; Kleidon, Axel (2016). Breakdown in precipitation–temperature scaling over India predominantly explained by cloud-driven cooling.
Resources and Documentation
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- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION GUIDELINES
- Quality Summary: CERES_SYN1deg_Ed4A (10/3/2017)
DATA QUALITY
- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES Overview of Aqua
- CERES Overview of TRMM
- Overview of HDF
- View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf)
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- NASA Earth Observatory 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 Mission (TRMM).
- 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.
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCT USAGE
- CERES Input Data Sources
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- View HDF Version 5 Readme
READ-ME
- Read Software Package - SYN1deg - Direct File Download (.zip)
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
- NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES
USER FEEDBACK PAGE
- CERES SYN1deg Data Set Abstract
USER'S GUIDE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- NET RADIATION
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOLS
- PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
- ALBEDO
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- Atmosphere Incoming Shortwave (SW) Entropy
- Atmosphere Outgoing Longwave (LW) Entropy
- Clear-Sky Fluxes
- Cloud Effective Height
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Column Ozone
- In-Atmosphere Fluxes
- Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Fluxes
- Shortwave (SW) Diffused Fluxes
- Shortwave (SW) Direct Fluxes
- Surface Downward Longwave (LW) Entropy
- Surface Fluxes
- Surface Incoming Shortwave (SW) Entropy
- Surface Upward Longwave (LW) Entropy
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Incoming Shortwave (SW) Entropy
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Outgoing Longwave (LW) Entropy
- Window (Wn) Region 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 TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2002-07-01 - Present