CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 3-Hourly Terra-Aqua Edition3A
Entry ID: CER_SYN1deg-3Hour_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition3A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
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Publications which Cite this Collection
Bair, Edward H.; Abreu Calfa, Andre; Rittger, Karl; Dozier, Jeff (2021). Using machine learning for real-time estimates of snow water equivalent in the watersheds of Afghanistan.
Wang, Wenshan; Zender, Charles S.; van As, Dirk; Smeets, Paul C. J. P.; van den Broeke, Michiel R. (2021). A Retrospective, Iterative, Geometry-Based (RIGB) tilt-correction method for radiation observed by automatic weather stations on snow-covered surfaces: application to Greenland.
Zwieback, Simon; Kokelj, Steven V.; Günther, Frank; Boike, Julia; Grosse, Guido; Hajnsek, Irena (2018). Sub-seasonal thaw slump mass wasting is not consistently energy limited at the landscape scale.
Resources and Documentation
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CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order
CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order: Synoptic TOA and surface fluxes and clouds (SYN)
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
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- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES General Product Info
- CERES Overview of Aqua
- CERES Overview of TRMM
- 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)
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: Heart of drought
- 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 Data Products Catalog R5V1 9/5/2012 3-Hourly Averaged Synoptic Radiative Fluxes and Clouds (SYN1deg-3Hour)
PROCESSING HISTORY
- Quality Summary: CERES_SYN1deg_Ed3A (8/8/2013)
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCT USAGE
- CERES Input Data Sources
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- View HDF Version 5 Readme
READ-ME
- CERES SYN1deg Data Set Abstract
USER'S GUIDE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATION
- 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 Fluxes
- TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
- Total-Sky Fluxes
- Window (Wn) Region Flux
Data Distribution
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2002-07-01 - 2017-02-28
Temporal Resolution: 3 Hourly