CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_SYN1deg-1Hour_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Publications which Cite this Collection
Atlas, R. L.; Bretherton, C. S.; Sokol, A. B.; Blossey, P. N.; Khairoutdinov, M. F. (2024). Tropical Cirrus Are Highly Sensitive to Ice Microphysics Within a Nudged Global Storm‐Resolving Model.
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.
Jin, Yubin; Zeng, Zhenzhong; Chen, Yuntian; Xu, Rongrong; Ziegler, Alan D.; Chen, Wenchuang; Ye, Bin; Zhang, Dongxiao (2024). Geographically constrained resource potential of integrating floating photovoltaics in global existing offshore wind farms.
Hsu, Wei‐Ching; Kooperman, Gabriel J.; Hannah, Walter M.; Reed, Kevin A.; Akinsanola, Akintomide A.; Pendergrass, Angeline G. (2023). Evaluating Mesoscale Convective Systems Over the US in Conventional and Multiscale Modeling Framework Configurations of E3SMv1.
Horner, George; Gryspeerdt, Edward (2023). The evolution of deep convective systems and their associated cirrus outflows.
Zhao, Hengheng; Gui, Ke; Yao, Wenrui; Shang, Nanxuan; Zhang, Xutao; Zhang, Xinglu; Li, Lei; Zheng, Yu; Wang, Zhili; Ren, Hong‐Li; Wang, Hong; Sun, Junying; Li, Jian; Che, Huizheng; Zhang, Xiaoye (2023). Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in XCO <sub>2</sub> Characteristics in China as Observed by OCO‐2/3 Satellites: Effects of Land Cover and Local Meteorology.
Murray-Watson, Rebecca J.; Gryspeerdt, Edward; Goren, Tom (2023). Investigating the development of clouds within marine cold-air outbreaks.
Wong, Vox Kalai; Zhang, Chujun; Zhang, Zhuoqiong; Hao, Mingwei; Zhou, Yuanyuan; So, Shu Kong (2023). 0.01–0.5 sun is a realistic and alternative irradiance window to analyze urban outdoor photovoltaic cells.
Francis, Diana; Fonseca, Ricardo; Mattingly, Kyle S.; Lhermitte, Stef; Walker, Catherine (2023). Foehn winds at Pine Island Glacier and their role in ice changes.
Fernández-Soler, Alejandro; González-Bárcena, David; Torralbo-Gimeno, Ignacio; Pérez-Grande, Isabel (2023). Ascent phase convective heat transfer of a stratospheric-balloon-borne payload.
Reed, K. A.; Stansfield, A. M.; Hsu, W.‐C.; Kooperman, G. J.; Akinsanola, A. A.; Hannah, W. M.; Pendergrass, A. G.; Medeiros, B. (2023). Evaluating the Simulation of CONUS Precipitation by Storm Type in E3SM.
Atlas, Rachel; Bretherton, Christopher S. (2023). Aircraft observations of gravity wave activity and turbulence in the tropical tropopause layer: prevalence, influence on cirrus clouds, and comparison with global storm-resolving models.
Wang, Zhenquan; Yuan, Jian; Wood, Robert; Chen, Yifan; Tong, Tiancheng (2023). Profile-based estimated inversion strength.
Jin, Yubin; Hu, Shijie; Ziegler, Alan D.; Gibson, Luke; Campbell, J. Elliott; Xu, Rongrong; Chen, Deliang; Zhu, Kai; Zheng, Yan; Ye, Bin; Ye, Fan; Zeng, Zhenzhong (2023). Energy production and water savings from floating solar photovoltaics on global reservoirs.
Schulz, Hauke; Stevens, Bjorn (2023). Evaluating Large‐Domain, Hecto‐Meter, Large‐Eddy Simulations of Trade‐Wind Clouds Using EUREC <sup>4</sup> A Data.
Barrientos-Velasco, Carola; Deneke, Hartwig; Hünerbein, Anja; Griesche, Hannes J.; Seifert, Patric; Macke, Andreas (2022). Radiative closure and cloud effects on the radiation budget based on satellite and shipborne observations during the Arctic summer research cruise, PS106.
González-Bárcena, David; Bermejo-Ballesteros, Juan; Pérez-Grande, Isabel; Sanz-Andrés, Ángel (2022). Selection of time-dependent worst-case thermal environmental conditions for Low Earth Orbit spacecrafts.
Zhang, Yuan; Bi, Shengshan; Wu, Jiangtao (2022). Effect of Temporal Sampling Interval on the Irradiance for Moon-Based Wide Field-of-View Radiometer.
Itterly, Kyle; Taylor, Patrick; Roberts, J. Brent (2021). Satellite Perspectives of Sea Surface Temperature Diurnal Warming on Atmospheric Moistening and Radiative Heating during MJO.
Schwitalla, Thomas; Warrach-Sagi, Kirsten; Wulfmeyer, Volker; Resch, Michael (2021). Near-global-scale high-resolution seasonal simulations with WRF-Noah-MP v.3.8.1.
Ghiz, Madison L.; Scott, Ryan C.; Vogelmann, Andrew M.; Lenaerts, Jan T. M.; Lazzara, Matthew; Lubin, Dan (2020). Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica.
Atlas, R. L.; Bretherton, C. S.; Khairoutdinov, M. F.; Blossey, P. N. (2019). Hallett‐Mossop Rime Splintering Dims Cumulus Clouds Over the Southern Ocean: New Insight From Nudged Global Storm‐Resolving Simulations.
González-Bárcena, David; Fernández-Soler, Alejandro; Pérez-Grande, Isabel; Sanz-Andrés, Ángel (2019). Real data-based thermal environment definition for the ascent phase of Polar-Summer Long Duration Balloon missions from Esrange (Sweden).
Denning, Scott (2018). Multiscale Land-Atmosphere Interaction in Tropical Ecosystems.
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.
Zhang, Chunyan; Wang, Donghai; Pang, Zihao; Jiang, Xiaoling (2017). Observed Large‐Scale Structures and Diabatic Heating Profiles of Precipitation Over the Tibetan Plateau and South China.
Zeitler, Lea; Corbin, Armin; Vielberg, Kristin; Rudenko, Sergei; Löcher, Anno; Bloßfeld, Mathis; Schmidt, Michael; Kusche, Jürgen (2017). Scale Factors of the Thermospheric Density: A Comparison of Satellite Laser Ranging and Accelerometer Solutions.
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.
Hinkelman, Laura M.; Marchand, Roger (2016). Evaluation of CERES and CloudSat Surface Radiative Fluxes Over Macquarie Island, the Southern Ocean.
Huang, Han; Huang, Yi (2013). A Decomposition of the Atmospheric and Surface Contributions to the Outgoing Longwave Radiation.
Fonseca, Ricardo; Francis, Diana; Nelli, Narendra; Cherif, Charfeddine (2013). Regional atmospheric circulation patterns driving consecutive fog events in the United Arab Emirates.
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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: 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.
- 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 Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCT USAGE
- View HDF Version 5 Readme
READ-ME
- Read Software Package - SYN1deg - Direct File Download (.zip)
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
- CERES SYN1deg Data Set Abstract
USER'S GUIDE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUDS
- PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- NET RADIATION
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- VEGETATION
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ALBEDO
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- AEROSOLS
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATION
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- 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
- Column Ozone
- In-Atmospheric 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
- 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 TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2002-07-01 - Present