CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_SYN1deg-Month_Terra-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- CERES Processing Level Details
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PROCESSING HISTORY
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
- ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATION
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- NET RADIATION
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- Column Ozone
- 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
- Cloud Vertical Aspect Ratio
- In-Atmospheric Fluxes
- Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Fluxes
- Shortwave (SW) Diffused Fluxes
- Shortwave (SW) Direct Fluxes
- Surface Downward Longwave (LW) Entropy
- Surface Fluxes
- Surface Shortwave (SW) Incoming 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
- Total-Sky Fluxes
- 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
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - 2002-06-30
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
Terra
Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
CERES-FM1
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 1
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window DetectorCERES-FM2
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window DetectorMODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
Metadata Dates
Created on 2015-06-17
Last updated on 2023-12-01