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This is a collection of all CERES Data Quality Summaries links/pages.
Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes where the net flux has been energy balanced.
Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes and clouds.
CERES instantaneous footprint level (20km nominal) fluxes and cloud properties.
Instantaneous footprint level (20km) CERES ephemeris and instrument level data.
This is a collection of the MOST RECENT Data Products Catalog (DPC) pages. Users who have ordered data should ALWAYS refer to the DPC pages that are provided with their data set. The DPC section for other specific data sets can be found on the CERES Data Products Catalog Page. Contact the CERES Documentation Team if older versions of DPC sections are needed.
CERES Data Flow Diagrams
HDF Primary (Archival) Products Available at LaRC
Primary output products which are permanently stored by the Atmopheric Science Data Center (ASDC), are formatted in HDF or HDF-EOS format, and are available for distribution to the scientific community
Internal Products
Output products which are stored by ASDC and are not available for distribution
External Ancillary Products
Input products which contain non-CERES data needed to interpret the CERES measurements and are not available for distribution
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