CERES Data Products
Level Descriptions
- Level 3B: Level 3 data products that are adjusted within their range of
uncertainty so as to satisfy known constraints on the climate system
(e.g., consistency between average global net TOA flux imbalance and ocean heat storage).
- Level 3: Data products are the radiative fluxes and cloud properties that are
spatially averaged into uniform regional and zonal grids and globally and also
temporally averaged into daily, monthly hourly, or monthly means.
- Level 2: Data products are derived geophysical variables at the CERES footprint
resolution as the Level 1B source data. They include the Level 1B parameters,
along with the retrieved or computed geophysical variables such as radiative
broadband fluxes and their associated MODIS cloud properties.
- Level 1B: Data products are processed to sensor units. The BDS product contains
CERES footprint filtered broadband radiances, geolocation and viewing geometry,
Sun geometry, satellite position and velocity, and all raw engineering and status
data from the instrument.
EBAF-TOA Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(Net balanced) |
Cloud Radiative Effect |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes |
Cloud Properties |
Aerosols |
Auxiliary Data |
- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Net Flux (0-100µm)
- Solar Incoming
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- Shortwave Flux
- Longwave Flux
- Net Flux
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EBAF-TOA Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
EBAF-TOA Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly means |
EBAF-TOA |
| Climatology |
EBAF-TOA |
EBAF-TOA Product Edition2.6r was released on December 20, 2011.
EBAF-TOA Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
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EBAF-TOA
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Combined |
| 2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| Mar Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2000 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2001 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2002 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2003 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2004 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2005 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2006 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2007 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2008 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2009 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2010 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2011 Available |
Jun Terra+Aqua EBAF-TOA /2012 Available |
EBAF-Surface Product Parameters
Order Tool View
| Surface Fluxes |
Cloud Radiative Effect |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes |
Cloud Properties |
Aerosols |
Auxiliary Data |
- Shortwave Flux - Up
- Shortwave Flux - Down
- Longwave Flux - Up
- Longwave Flux - Down
- Net Shortwave Flux
- Net Longwave Flux
- Net Total Flux
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- Net Shortwave Flux
- Net Longwave Flux
- Net Total Flux
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EBAF-Surface Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
EBAF-Surface Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly means |
EBAF-Surface |
| Climatology |
EBAF-Surface |
EBAF-Surface Product Edition2.6r was released on May 1, 2012.
EBAF-Surface Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
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EBAF-Surface
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Combined |
| 2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Mar Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2000 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2001 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2002 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2003 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2004 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2005 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2006 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2007 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2008 Available |
Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2009 Available |
Feb Terra+Aqua EBAF-Surface /2010 Available |
SYN1deg Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(observed) |
Surface Fluxes
(computed) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes
(computed) |
Cloud Properties
(MODIS and GEO)
[Diurnally Complete] |
Aerosols
(MODIS & MATCH) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Window-region Flux (8-12µm)
- Downwelling UVA & UVB Fluxes (computed only)
- Downwelling PAR Flux (computed only)
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- Shortwave Flux - Up
- Longwave Flux - Up
- Window-region Flux - Up
- Shortwave Flux - Down
- Longwave Flux - Down
- Window-region Flux - Down
- Surface Albedo
- Shortwave Direct/Diffuse Fluxes
- UVA & UVB Fluxes
- PAR Direct/Diffuse Fluxes
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- Shortwave Flux - Up
- Longwave Flux - Up
- Window-region Flux - Up
- Shortwave Flux - Down
- Longwave Flux - Down
- Window-region Flux - Down
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Effective Height
- Cloud Top Pressure
- Cloud Base Pressure
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Liquid Water Path
- Ice Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Ice Particle Effective Diameter
- Cloud Visible Optical Depth
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- MATCH Total Aerosol Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
- MODIS Aerosol Optical Depths over Land & Ocean
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- Surface Type Percent Coverage
- Skin Temperature
- Total Column Precipitable Water
- Upper-Tropospheric Precipitable Water
- Column Ozone
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SYN1deg Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
SYN1deg Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly |
SYN1deg |
| Monthly 3-Hourly |
SYN1deg |
| Daily |
SYN1deg |
N/A |
N/A |
| 3-Hourly |
SYN1deg |
N/A |
N/A |
SYN1deg Product Edition3A was released on August 17, 2012.
SYN1deg Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| SYN1deg |
Combined † |
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Mar |
Last updated May 2013
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The “combined” satellite designation refers to data products that combine observations from the
different satellites (Terra, Aqua, NPP) available for any given month. |
SYN1deg-lite Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(observed) |
Surface Fluxes‡
(computed) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes‡
(computed) |
Cloud Properties
(MODIS and GEO)
[Diurnally Complete] |
Aerosols
(MODIS) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Window-region Flux (8-12µm)
- Net Flux (0-100µm)
- Albedo
- Solar Insolation Flux
- Number of Observations of TOA SW Flux
- Number of Observations of TOA LW Flux
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Effective Height
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Liquid Water Path
- Ice Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Ice Particle Effective Diameter
- Cloud Visible Optical Depth
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- Total Aerosol Visible Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
- Ratio of Optical Depth of Small Mode vs Aerosol Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
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- Snow/Ice Percent Coverage
- Ocean Fraction Coverage
- Wind Speed
- Skin Temperature
- Precipitable Water
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‡ The computed TOA, Surface, and In-Atmospheric
Fluxes are only available in the HDF files available at ASDC.
SYN1deg-lite Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
SYN1deg-lite Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly |
SYN1deg |
| Daily |
SYN1deg |
N/A |
N/A |
SYN1deg-lite Product Edition2.6 was released on July 11, 2011.
SYN1deg-lite Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| SYN1deg |
Terra |
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Dec |
Last updated Jun 2012
SSF1deg Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(observed) |
Surface
Fluxes
(N/A) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes
(N/A) |
Cloud Parameters
(MODIS) |
Aerosols
(MODIS) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Window-region Flux (8-12µm)
- Net Flux (0-100µm)
- Albedo
- Solar Insolation Flux
- Number of Observations of TOA Shortwave Flux
- Number of Observations of TOA Longwave Flux
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Liquid Water Path
- Ice Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Ice Particle Effective Diameter
- Cloud Visible Optical Depth
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- Total Aerosol Visible Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
- Ratio of Optical Depth of Small Mode vs Aerosol Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
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- Snow/Ice Percent Coverage
- Ocean Fraction Coverage
- Wind Speed
- Skin Temperature
- Precipitable Water
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SSF1deg Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
SSF1deg Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly |
SSF1deg |
| Daily |
SSF1deg |
N/A |
N/A |
SSF1deg Product Edition2.6 was released on July 11, 2011.
SSF1deg Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| SSF1deg |
Terra |
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Dec |
Last updated Jun 2012
SSF1deg-lite Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(observed) |
Surface
Fluxes
(N/A) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes
(N/A) |
Cloud Parameters
(MODIS) |
Aerosols
(MODIS) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Window-region Flux (8-12µm)
- Net Flux (0-100µm)
- Albedo
- Solar Insolation Flux
- Number of Observations of TOA Shortwave Flux
- Number of Observations of TOA Longwave Flux
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Liquid Water Path
- Ice Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Ice Particle Effective Diameter
- Cloud Visible Optical Depth
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- Total Aerosol Visible Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
- Ratio of Optical Depth of Small Mode vs Aerosol Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
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- Snow/Ice Percent Coverage
- Ocean Fraction Coverage
- Wind Speed
- Skin Temperature
- Precipitable Water
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SSF1deg-lite Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
SSF1deg-lite Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly |
SSF1deg |
| Daily |
SSF1deg |
N/A |
N/A |
SSF1deg-lite Product Edition2.6 was released on July 11, 2011.
SSF1deg-lite Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| SSF1deg |
Terra |
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Jun |
Last updated Jun 2012
AVG-lite Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(observed and computed) |
Surface Fluxes
(computed) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes
(computed) |
Cloud Properties
(MODIS) |
Aerosols
(MODIS) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Window-region Flux (8-12µm)
- Net Flux (0-100µm)
- Albedo
- Solar Insolation Flux
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- Shortwave Flux Up
- Shortwave Flux Down
- Longwave Flux Up
- Longwave Flux Down
- Window-region Flux Up
- Window-region Flux Down
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Bottom Pressure
- Cloud Effective Tempurature
- Cloud Effective Height
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Liquid Water Path
- Ice Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Ice Particle Effective Diameter
- Cloud Visible Optical Diameter
- IR Emissivity
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- Total Aerosol Visible Optical Depth @ 0.55µm
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- Precipitable Water
- Upper Tropospheric Humidity
- Skin Temperature
- Surface Pressure
- Ozone Column
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AVG-lite Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
AVG-lite Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly |
AVG-lite |
AVG-lite Product Edition2.6 was released on December 21, 2011.
AVG-lite Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| AVG-lite |
Terra+Aqua |
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Dec |
Last updated Nov 2011
ISCCP-D2like Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(observed and computed) |
Surface Fluxes
(computed) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes
(computed) |
Cloud Properties
(MODIS and GEO)
[Diurnally Complete] |
Aerosols
(MODIS) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Visible Optical Depth
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ISCCP-D2like Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
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Spatial Resolutions |
Temporal
Resolutions |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly |
ISCCP-D2like |
N/A |
N/A |
| Monthly 3-Hourly |
ISCCP-D2like |
N/A |
N/A |
ISCCP-D2like Product Edition2A was released on May 1, 2012.
ISCCP-D2like Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| ISCCP-D2like |
Terra-MODIS |
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| GEO |
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| Merged * |
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| ISCCP-D1like |
Terra-MODIS |
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* Merged combines Terra-MODIS, Aqua-MODIS, and GEO cloud properties.
Last updated Apr 2012
ISCCP-D2like Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
ISCCP-D1like Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
Flux-byISCCPcldtype Product Parameters
TOA Fluxes
(observed and computed) |
Surface Fluxes
(computed) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes
(computed) |
Cloud Properties
(MODIS and GEO)
[Diurnally Complete] |
Aerosols
(MODIS) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
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- SW (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Window-region Flux (8-12µm)
- Albedo
- Net Flux (0-100µm)
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Liquid Water Path
- Ice Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Ice Particle Effective Diameter
- Infrared Emissivity
- Cloud Visible Optical Depth
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Flux-byISCCPcldtype Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
| ISCCP-D2like |
Regional grid
(1°x1° latitude by longitude) |
Zonal grid
(1° latitude) |
Global |
| Monthly |
ISCCP-D2like-Month |
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| Monthly 3-Hourly |
ISCCP-D2like-M3Hour |
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SSF Level2 Product Parameters
Order Tool View
TOA Fluxes
(observed) |
Surface Fluxes‡
(parameterized) |
In-Atmospheric
Fluxes
(N/A) |
MODIS Cloud Properties |
Aerosols‡
(MODIS) |
Auxiliary Data
(GMAO GEOS) |
- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- Window-region Flux (8-12µm)
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- Shortwave Flux (0-5µm)
- Longwave Flux (5-100µm)
- LW Emissivity
- WN Emissivity
- Albedo
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- Cloud Area Fraction
- Cloud Effective Pressure
- Cloud Effective Temperature
- Cloud Particle Phase
- Liquid Water Path
- Ice Water Path
- Water Particle Radius
- Ice Particle Effective Diameter
- Cloud Visible Optical Depth
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- MOD04 Aerosol ocean fraction
- MOD04 Aerosol ocean solution index-small
- MOD04 Aerosol ocean solution index-large
- MOD04 Aerosol ocean effective optical depth
- MOD04 Aerosol land fraction
- MOD04 Aerosol land corrected optical depth
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- Wind Speed
- Skin Temperature
- Relative Humidity
- Precipitable Water
- Vertical Temperature Change
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| ‡ |
The Filtered and Unfiltered Radiances and Imager Radiance Statistics are only available in the HDF files available at ASDC. |
SSF Level2 Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View
SSF Level2 Product Availability
| Product |
Sat |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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2005 |
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2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| SSF Level2 |
Terra |
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Last updated May 2013
Edition3 vs Edition2 Product Comparison Table
| Products | Edition3 | Edition2 |
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| EBAF | EBAF | EBAF |
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| SYN | SYN1deg-3Hour | SYN |
| SYN1deg-Day | SRBAVG (GEO) |
| SYN1deg-M3Hour | SRBAVG (GEO)/AVG/ZAVG |
| SYN1deg-Month | SRBAVG (GEO)/AVG/ZAVG |
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| CRS | CRS | CRS |
| CRS1deg-Hour | FSW |
| CRS1deg-Day | N/A |
| CRS1deg-Month | N/A |
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| SSF | SSF | SSF |
| SSF1deg-Hour | SFC |
| SSF1deg-Day | SRBAVG (nonGEO) |
| SSF1deg-MHour | SRBAVG (nonGEO) |
| SSF1deg-Month | SRBAVG (nonGEO) |
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| ISCCP-D2like | ISCCP-D2like_M3Hour | ISCCP-D2like_Day/Nit* |
| ISCCP-D2like_Month | ISCCP-D2like_Day/Nit* |
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| ERBElike | ES8 | ES8 |
| ES9 | ES9 |
| ES4 | ES4 |
*Day/Nit contains only the cloud properties whereas FlxDay/FlxNit contains both fluxes and cloud properties.
To subset, visually browse, and download CERES data products in netCDF format,
click "Browse & Subset".
For more information and documentation on a specific product, click on the "Data Product" name. Or as a quick reference, click on the
icon.
Access to the complete CERES archived HDF data products,
HDF Products
| Level 3B: |
Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes where
the net flux has been energy balanced. |
Level 3: Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes and clouds.
Data Product
(Information & Documentation) |
Description |
Parameter |
Resolution |
Version/
Availability |
Order Data |
| SYN1deg |
CERES geostationary (GEO) enhanced temporally interpolated
TOA fluxes, MODIS and 3-hourly GEO cloud properties, MODIS aerosols, and
computed TOA, surface and in-atmospheric (profile) fluxes
consistent with the observed TOA fluxes, clouds and aerosols.
Data Quality Summary
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| SSF1deg |
CERES constant meteorology
temporally interpolated TOA fluxes, MODIS clouds and aerosols.
Data Quality Summary
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| ISCCP-D2like |
CERES-MODIS and GEO daytime cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types and in the similar D2 format.
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Level 2: CERES instantaneous footprint level (20km nominal) fluxes and cloud properties.
*FOV: Field-of-View instantaneous footprint data.
Note: The Browse & Subset ordering tool will query for temporal and spatial resolutions.
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