CERES Data Products
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The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) is a key component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) program. The CERES instruments provide radiometric measurements of the Earth's atmosphere from three broadband channels. The CERES missions are a follow-on to the successful Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) mission. The first CERES instrument (PFM) was launched on November 27, 1997 as part of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Two CERES instruments (FM1 and FM2) were launched into polar orbit on board the EOS flagship Terra on December 18, 1999, and two additional CERES instruments (FM3 and FM4) were launched on board EOS Aqua on May 4, 2002.
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Computed Flux Profile Data Sets Focus on Top-of-Atmophere (TOA), within-atmosphere and surface fluxes from radiative transfer model calculations with inputs from several sources. |
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| Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds (FSW) | Level 3 | |||
| Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) Subsetting Available | Level 2 | |||
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TOA/SFC Flux Data Sets Focus on TOA and surface radiation derived directly from CERES and imager measurements. |
Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) | Level 4 | ||
| Monthly Cloud Averages (ISCCP-D2like) | Level 3 | |||
| Gridded TOA/Surface Averages (SRBAVG) | Level 3 | |||
| Gridded TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SFC) | Level 3 | |||
| TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) Subsetting Available | Level 2 | |||
| ERBE-like Data Sets Consistent with earlier ERBE processing. |
ERBE-like Geographical Averages (ES-4) | Level 3 | ||
| ERBE-like Regional Averages (ES-9) | Level 3 | |||
| ERBE-like TOA Estimates (ES-8) Subsetting Available | Level 2 | |||
| Instrument Data | Instrument data (BDS) | Level 1B | ||
| Integrates measurements from CERES, MISR, and MODIS. | CERES-MISR-MODIS (SSF-SSFM) | Level 2 |
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