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Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) - An Earth Observing System experimentAn overview is presented of the CERES experiment that is designed not only to monitor changes in the earth's radiant energy system and cloud systems but to provide these data with enough accuracy and simultaneity to examine the critical climate/cloud feedback mechanisms which may play a major role in determining future changes in the climate system. CERES will estimate not only the flow of radiation at the top of the atmosphere, but also more complete cloud properties that will permit determination of radiative fluxes within the atmosphere and at the surface. The CERES radiation budget data is also planned for utilization in a wide range of other Earth Observing System interdisciplinary science investigations, including studies of land, biological, ocean and atmospheric processes.
Document ID
19910053960
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wielicki, Bruce A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Barkstrom, Bruce R.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
91A38583
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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