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CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite TOA and Surfaces/Clouds (SFC) data in HDF (CER_SFC_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition2A)The Monthly Gridded TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SFC) product contains a month of space and time averaged Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) data for a single scanner instrument. The SFC is also produced for combinations of scanner instruments. All instantaneous shortwave, longwave, and window fluxes at the Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA) and surface from the CERES SSF product for a month are sorted by 1-degree spatial regions and by the local hour of observation. The mean of the instantaneous fluxes for a given region-hour bin is determined and recorded on the SFC along with other flux statistics and scene information. These average fluxes are given for both clear-sky and total-sky scenes. The regional cloud properties are column averaged and are included on the SFC. [Location=GLOBAL] [Temporal_Coverage: Start_Date=1998-01-01; Stop_Date=2005-12-31] [Spatial_Coverage: Southernmost_Latitude=-90; Northernmost_Latitude=90; Westernmost_Longitude=-180; Easternmost_Longitude=100] [Data_Resolution: Latitude_Resolution=1 degree; Longitude_Resolution=1 degree; Horizontal_Resolution_Range=100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees; Temporal_Resolution=1 hour; Temporal_Resolution_Range=Hourly - < Daily].
Document ID
20080012138
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Data Set
Authors
Wielicki, Bruce A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Subject Category
Geophysics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
CLOUD INFRARED EMISSIVITY
LONGWAVE FLUX
ICE WATER PATH
CLEAR-SKY ALBEDO
ICE PARTICLE DIAMETER
LIQUID WATER PATH
NET FLUX
CLOUD PARTICLE PHASE
EOSDIS
CLEAR-SKY LONGWAVE FLUX
SHORTWAVE FLUX
CLEAR-SKY SOLAR INCIDENCE
CLOUD BASE PRESSURE
CLOUD LAYER AREA
CLEAR-SKY SHORTWAVE FLUX

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