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CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly Mean Fluxes
Entry ID: CERES_EBAF-TOA_Edition2.6r

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Summary

Abstract: The CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Top of Atmosphere (TOA) Edition2.6r product provides monthly mean TOA radiative fluxes. The file provides monthly 1-degree regional, zonal, and global averages of TOA longwave(LW), shortwave(SW), and net(NET) fluxes under clear and all-sky conditions, where the net flux has been constrained to the ocean heat flux term so that it may be used for comparison with global climate models. The cloud radiative effect (CRE) fluxes are also included. The EBAF product is derived from the CERES SYN product. A single netCDF file contains the entire March 2000 through June 2011 data record.

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Description: Access this data from the CERES data products page using the CERES Browse & Subset Tool.

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Description: Complete data product information, including the Data Quality Summary.

Geographic Coverage

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

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: CERES Science Team
Dataset Title: CERES_EBAF-TOA_Edition2.6r
Dataset Release Date: December 2011
Online Resource: http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-03-01

Stop Date: 2011-06-30

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 degree
Temporal Resolution: Monthly climatology

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

TERRA >Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1) [Information]

AQUA >Earth Observing System, AQUA [Information]

Instrument

CERES SCANNER >Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Scanner [Information]

Project

CERES >Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System    [Information]

EOS >Earth Observing System    [Information]

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

Quality

Please review the "Data Quality Summary" :
http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/DQ_summaries/CERES_EBAF_Ed2.6r...

Keywords

ALL-SKY TOA NET BALANCED FLUX

CLEAR-SKY (SPATIALLY COMPLETE) TOA NET BALANCED FLUX

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Science Team, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA [Information]
Data Center URL: http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov
Dataset ID: CERES_EBAF_TOA_Terra_Edition2.6r

Data Center Personnel

Name: NORMAN G. LOEB
Email: ceres-help at lists.nasa.gov
City: Hampton
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: Online
Distribution_Format: netCDF
Fees: No fee

Personnel

NORMAN G. LOEB
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Email: ceres-help at lists.nasa.gov
City: Hampton
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA

NORMAN G. LOEB
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: ceres-help at lists.nasa.gov
City: Hampton
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA

DAVID R. DOELLING
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email: David.R.Doelling at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 420
City: Hampton
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA

Publications/References

N. G. Loeb, B. A. Wielicki, D. R. Doelling, G. L. Smith, D. F. Keyes, S. Kato, N. Manalo-Smith, T. Wong (2009), Toward optimal closure of the Earth's top-of-atmosphere radiation budget, Journal of Climate, 22, 748-766, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2637.1

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-01-11

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-17

Future DIF Review Date: 2012-10-01

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