CERES Level 3
Entry Title: CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua Edition4A

Entry ID: CER_SYN1deg-Month_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
DOI

10.5067/TERRA+AQUA/CERES/SYN1DEGMONTH_L3.004A

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Publications which Cite this Collection

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.


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


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.


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


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Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • CLOUDS
  • PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
  • CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
  • CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
  • SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • NET RADIATION
  • 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 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

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Spatial Information

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Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations

GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2002-07-01 - Present
Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites
Aqua
Earth Observing System, Aqua
CERES-FM3
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 3
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window Detector
CERES-FM4
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 4
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window Detector
MODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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 Detector
CERES-FM2
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window Detector
CERES SCANNER
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Scanner
MODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
Metadata Dates

Created on 2015-06-17
Last updated on 2024-02-12