CERES Level 2
Entry Title: CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1B
Entry ID: CER_SSF_NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS_Edition1B
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data.
DATA CITATION POLICY
- CERES Overview of NOAA-20
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- 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 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
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUDS
- INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
- LIDAR BACKSCATTER
- LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
- LIDAR
- ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATION
- AEROSOLS
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
NetCDF-4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2018-05-01 - Present