CERES Level 2
Entry Title: CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM3 Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_SSF_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A
Clouds Radiation Budget
Publications which Cite this Collection
Sorenson, Blake T.; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Zhang, Jianglong; Holz, Robert E.; Smith Sr., William L.; Gumber, Amanda (2024). Thermal infrared observations of a western United States biomass burning aerosol plume.
Wang, Gaofeng; Wang, Tianxing; Yuan, Hongyin; Leng, Wanchun; Letu, Husi; Xian, Yuyang (2024). Surface Shortwave Net Radiation Estimation From Space: Emphasizing the Effects of Aerosol, Solar Zenith Angles, and DEM.
Wang, Tianxing; Wang, Gaofeng; Shi, Chuanye; Du, Yihan; Letu, Husi; Zhang, Wanchun; Xue, Huazhu (2023). Improved Algorithm to Derive All-Sky Longwave Downward Radiation From Space: Application to Fengyun-4A Measurements.
Gautam, Ritesh; Patel, Piyushkumar N.; Singh, Manoj K.; Liu, Tianjia; Mickley, Loretta J.; Jethva, Hiren; DeFries, Ruth S. (2023). Extreme Smog Challenge of India Intensified by Increasing Lower Tropospheric Stability.
Seifert, Axel; Bachmann, Vanessa; Filipitsch, Florian; Förstner, Jochen; Grams, Christian M.; Hoshyaripour, Gholam Ali; Quinting, Julian; Rohde, Anika; Vogel, Heike; Wagner, Annette; Vogel, Bernhard (2023). Aerosol–cloud–radiation interaction during Saharan dust episodes: the dusty cirrus puzzle.
Mace, Gerald G.; Benson, Sally; Humphries, Ruhi; Gombert, Peter M.; Sterner, Elizabeth (2023). Natural marine cloud brightening in the Southern Ocean.
Wang, Tianxing; Shi, Jiancheng; Yu, Yuechi; Husi, Letu; Gao, Bo; Zhou, Wang; Ji, Dabin; Zhao, Tianjie; Xiong, Chuan; Chen, Ling (2022). Cloudy-sky land surface longwave downward radiation (LWDR) estimation by integrating MODIS and AIRS/AMSU measurements.
Furtado, Kalli; Field, Paul; Luo, Yali; Zhou, Tianjun; Hill, Adrian (2020). The effects of cloud–aerosol interaction complexity on simulations of presummer rainfall over southern China.
Taylor, Patrick C.; Itterly, Kyle F.; Corbett, Joe; Bucholtz, Anthony; Sejas, Sergio; Su, Wenying; Doelling, Dave; Kato, Seiji (2017). A Comparison of Top‐Of‐Atmosphere Radiative Fluxes From CERES and ARISE.
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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- 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: 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: 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: 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
- CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
- CERES Data Products Catalog for Edition4-1 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
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- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- EMISSIVITY
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ALBEDO
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- NET RADIATION
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- Cloud Base Pressure
- Cloud Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Layer Area
- Cloud Overlap
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Ice Particle Diameter
- Ice Water Path
- Liquid Water Path
- Longwave (LW) Flux
- Longwave (LW) Unfiltered Radiance
- Shortwave (SW) Flux
- Shortwave (SW) Unfiltered Radiance
- Surface (Radiative) Flux
- Surface Type
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Vertical Aspect Ratio
- Visible Optical Depth
- Water Particle Radius
- Window (Wn) Flux
- Window (Wn) Unfiltered Radiance
Data Distribution
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HDF4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2002-07-03 - Present