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
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:
- ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- VEGETATION
- PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATION
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUDS
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AEROSOLS
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- ALBEDO
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- SOLAR IRRADIANCE
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- NET RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- 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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HDF4
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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: 2002-07-01 - Present