Abstract:
The Monthly TOA/Surface Averages (SRBAVG) 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 SRBAVG is also
produced for combinations of scanner instruments. The monthly average
regional flux is estimated using diurnal models and the 1-degree
regional fluxes at the hour
... of observation from the CERES SFC product.
A second set of monthly average fluxes are estimated using concurrent
diurnal information from geostationary satellites. These fluxes are
given for both clear-sky and total-sky scenes and are spatially
averaged from 1-degree regions to 1-degree zonal averages and a global
average. For each region, the SRBAVG also contains hourly average
fluxes for the month and an overall monthly average. The cloud
properties from SFC are column averaged and are included on the
SRBAVG. 
