Short Name:

CERES_EBAF-TOA

CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.1

CERES_EBAF-TOA_Edition4.1 is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Monthly means data in netCDF format Edition 4.1 data product. Data was collected using the CERES Scanner instruments on both the Terra and Aqua platforms. Data collection for this product is ongoing. CERES_EBAF-TOA_Edition4.1 data are monthly and climatological averages of TOA clear-sky (spatially complete) fluxes and all-sky fluxes, where the TOA net flux is constrained to the ocean heat storage. EBAF-TOA provides some basic cloud properties derived from Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) alongside TOA fluxes. Observed fluxes are obtained using cloud properties derived from narrow-band imagers onboard both Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua satellites as well as geostationary satellites to more fully model the diurnal cycle of clouds. The computations are also based on meteorological assimilation data from the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Versions 5.4.1 models. Unlike other CERES Level 3 clear-sky regional data sets that contain clear-sky data gaps, the clear-sky fluxes in the EBAF-TOA product are regionally complete. The EBAF-TOA product is the CERES project's best estimate of the fluxes based on all available satellite platforms and input data. 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, protoflight model (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 Earth Observing System (EOS) flagship Terra on December 18, 1999. Two additional CERES instruments (FM3 and FM4) were launched on board Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua on May 4, 2002. The CERES FM5 instrument was launched on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite on October 28, 2011. The newest CERES instrument (FM6) was launched on board the Joint Polar-Orbiting Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) satellite, now called NOAA-20, on November 18, 2017.

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Spatial Extent:

Bounding Rectangle:

N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Format(s):

Distribution: NetCDF-3

Temporal Extent:

2000-03-01 to now

Platform(s):

Terra, AQUA

Data Center(s):

NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC

Instrument(s):

CERES SCANNER

Version:

Edition4.1

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Release Date: 2019-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Linkage: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES

DATA CITATION POLICY: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data, How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES, ASDC Data and Information for CERES
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_ebaf-toa.pdf, CERES EBAF-TOA Data Set Abstract
READ-ME: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_ceres_ebaf-toa.txt, Readme Information on the CERES_EBAF-TOA_Edition 4.0 Data Set
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/read_software/ceres_ebaf-toa_SampleRead_Edition4.0.zip, Read Software Package - CERES EBAF-TOA Sample Read Edition 4.0 - Direct File Download (.zip)
PROCESSING HISTORY: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf, CERES Processing Level Details
PROCESSING HISTORY: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/product_level_details.pdf, CERES Product Level Details
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD): https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40, NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/hdf.pdf, Overview of HDF
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/examples.html, ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/, CERES Documentation
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/, CERES General Product Info
REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN: https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources, CERES Input Data Sources
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#aqua, CERES Overview of Aqua
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#trmm, CERES Overview of TRMM

Version Description
EBAF Edition4.1 (Ed4.1) is an update to the Ed4.0 product which uses MODIS Collection 061 data starting with March 2016 for clouds and scene type determination. Inputs from geostationary satellite imagers with more than five channels were reprocessed starting with July 2015.
DOI
10.5067/TERRA-AQUA/CERES/EBAF-TOA_L3B004.1
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Data Dates

Creation	2017-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2019-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Processing Level

Quality Please review the Data Quality Summary https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/ceres/quality_summaries/CERES_EBAF_Ed4.1_DQS.pdf

Collection Progress
Active
Access Constraints
4.0

No access constraints

Metadata Associations

Association Type	Entry ID	Description	Version
Parent	CERES_EBAF-TOA	Preceding version	Edition4.0

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Ancillary Keywords

All-Sky TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Net Balanced Flux
Clear-Sky (Spatially Complete) TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Net Balanced Flux
Cloud Radiative Forcing
Cloud Effective Temperature
Cloud Effective Pressure

ISO Topic Categories

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Projects

Project Short Name	Campaigns	Project Dates
CERES	No campaigns listed.	No dates provided.

Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	CARTESIAN

Resolution and Coordinate System

Horizontal Data Resolution

Generic Resolutions
- Generic Resolution 1
  X Dimension
  1 Decimal Degrees
  Y Dimension
  1 Decimal Degrees

Location Keywords

- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL

NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
ARCHIVER

Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
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https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov

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NORMAN LOEB
Investigator

NORMAN LOEB
- 21 Langley Blvd
  NASA Langley Research Center
  Mail Stop 420
  Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Email
DAVID DOELLING
Technical Contact

DAVID DOELLING
- 21 Langley Blvd
  NASA Langley Research Center
  Mail Stop 420
  Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Email
ASDC USER SERVICES
Data Center Contact

ASDC USER SERVICES
NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
- NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
  User and Data Services
  NASA Langley Research Center
  Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Email

757-864-8656

Metadata Dates

Creation	2019-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

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Format: NetCDF-3

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Generic Resolutions

Generic Resolution 1

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Data Centers

NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC

Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA

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NORMAN LOEB

NORMAN LOEB

DAVID DOELLING

DAVID DOELLING

ASDC USER SERVICES

ASDC USER SERVICES

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