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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 Overview of Aqua
• CERES Overview of TRMM
• 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 Processing Level Details
• 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: 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: 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.

READ-ME

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

REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN

• CERES Input Data Sources

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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