CERES Data Products

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To subset, visually browse, and download CERES data products in multiple file formats, click "Browse & Order". For more information on a specific product, click on the "Data Product" name. Or as a quick reference, click on the icon.

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Level 4:

Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes where the net flux has been energy balanced.

Data Product	Description	Parameter	Resolution	Version/ Availability	Order Data
EBAF-TOA	Monthly and climatological averages of TOA clear-sky (spatially complete) fluxes, all-sky fluxes, and cloud radiative effect (CRE), where the TOA net flux is constrained to the ocean heat storage. Data Quality Summary				Browse & Subset
EBAF-Surface	Monthly and climatological averages of computed surface clear-sky fluxes, all-sky fluxes, and cloud radiative effect (CRE), consistent with the CERES EBAF-TOA fluxes. Data Quality Summary				Browse & Subset

Level 3: Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes and clouds.

Data Product	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				Browse & Subset
SSF1deg	CERES constant meteorology temporally interpolated TOA fluxes, MODIS clouds and aerosols. Data Quality Summary				Browse & Subset
ISCCP-D2like	CERES-MODIS and GEO daytime cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types and in the similar D2 format. Data Quality Summary				Browse & Subset

Level 2: CERES instantaneous footprint level (20km nominal) fluxes and cloud properties.

Data Product	Description	Parameter	Resolution	Version/ Availability	Order Data
SSF	CERES observed TOA fluxes, MODIS clouds and aerosols, and parameterized surface fluxes.     Terra Data Quality Summary     Aqua Data Quality Summary		FOV*		Browse & Subset

*FOV: Field-of-View instantaneous footprint data.

Note: The subsetting ordering tool interface will query for temporal and spatial resolutions

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Help Hints

Data ordering tool help page. What product do I use?. CERES Data Product Information Data Product Processing Flowchart Input Data Sources Chart Geodetic Zonal Weights (for Determining Global Means)	CERES Data Ordering Statistics (LaRC network only).
Ed2 vs Ed3 product comparison table Traditional CERES ordering pages (access to archived HDF files).