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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Publications which Cite this Collection

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Bukovsky, Melissa Sue; Haupt, Sue Ellen; McGinnis, Seth; Juliano, Timothy W.; Mitra, Arka; Kristnamurthy, Raghavendra; Ghate, Virendra (2025). Exploring the role of clouds in offshore wind potential off the US West Coast in a changing climate.

Cutler, Lauren; Brunke, Michael A.; Zeng, Xubin (2022). Re‐Evaluation of Low Cloud Amount Relationships With Lower‐Tropospheric Stability and Estimated Inversion Strength.

Dai, Z.; Weisenstein, D. K.; Keith, D. W. (2022). Tailoring Meridional and Seasonal Radiative Forcing by Sulfate Aerosol Solar Geoengineering.

Gettelman, A.; Bardeen, C. G.; McCluskey, C. S.; Järvinen, E.; Stith, J.; Bretherton, C.; McFarquhar, G.; Twohy, C.; D'Alessandro, J.; Wu, W. (2022). Simulating Observations of Southern Ocean Clouds and Implications for Climate.

Burnett, Michael W.; Quetin, Gregory R.; Konings, Alexandra G. (2022). Data-driven estimates of evapotranspiration and its controls in the Congo Basin.

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.

Diamond, Michael S.; Director, Hannah M.; Eastman, Ryan; Possner, Anna; Wood, Robert (2017). Substantial Cloud Brightening From Shipping in Subtropical Low Clouds. American Geophysical Union Advances, 1 (1), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019AV000111

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 GUIDELINES

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

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

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
• CERES Documentation
• CERES General Product Info
• CERES Overview of Aqua
• CERES Overview of Terra
• Overview of HDF
• Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files
• View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf)

MICRO ARTICLE

• 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 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: 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.

PRODUCT USAGE

• CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• CERES Input Data Sources

READ-ME

• View HDF Version 5 Readme

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

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

USER'S GUIDE

• CERES SYN1deg Data Set Abstract

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