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A detailed listing of the CERES data products and their individual parameters can be found in the CERES Data Products Catalog (http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/DPC/DPC.html). Documentation of the Release 1 CERES analysis algorithms can be found in the CERES Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBDs) Volumes 0 through 12, where each volume covers one of the CERES Data Products and its associated technical algorithms. A summary of the CERES experiment can be found in Wielicki et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, May1996.

Standard Products Flow Chart

CERES Standard Products flow chart
SOURCE: EOS Data Products Handbook, Volume 2, 2000, p. 27

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CERES Data Products
Product Name Target Accuracy
Absolute :: Relative		 Temporal
Resolution :: Coverage		 Horizontal
Resolution :: Coverage		 Vertical
Resolution :: Coverage		 DAAC Page No. in EOS Data Products Handbook Vol. 2
Bi-Directional Scans Product 1-2% :: 0.005 N/A :: 1 hr 20 km :: Global N/A :: Top of Atmosphere LaRC 55
ERBE-like Instantaneous TOA Estimates 15 W/m2 LW
40 W/m2 SW		 N/A :: 1 hr 20 km :: Global N/A :: Top of Atmosphere LaRC 96
ERBE-like Monthly Regional Averages 15 W/m2 LW
40 W/m2 SW		 N/A :: 1 hr 2.5 x 2.5 deg
Region :: Global		 N/A :: Top of Atmosphere LaRC 97
ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages 3 W/m2 LW
5 W/m2 SW		 N/A :: 1 month 2.5 x 2.5 deg
Region :: Global		 N/A :: Top of Atmosphere LaRC 97
Single Scanner TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds 5 W/m2 LW
15 W/m2 SW
depends on cloud parameters		 N/A :: 1 hr 20 km :: Global N/A :: Top of Atmosphere LaRC 99
Clouds and Radiative Swath Depends on cloud or flux parameters N/A :: 1 hr 20 km :: Global 4-18 levels :: Top to Surface LaRC 101
Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Depends on cloud or flux parameters N/A :: 1 hr 1.0 x 1.0 deg :: Global 4-18 levels :: Top to Surface LaRC 103
Synoptic Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Depends on cloud or flux parameters 3 hr :: N/A 1.0 x 1.0 deg :: Global 4-18 levels :: Top to Surface LaRC 104
Monthly Regional Radiative Fluxes and Clouds 2 W/m2 LW
3 W/m2 SW
variable for clouds and other fluxes		 1 hr :: 1 month 1.0 x 1.0 deg :: Global 4-18 levels :: Top to Surface LaRC 105
Monthly Zonal and Global Radiative Fluxes and Clouds 1 W/m2 LW
2 W/m2 SW
variable for clouds and other fluxes		 N/A :: 1 month 1.0 deg zone :: Global 4-18 levels :: Top to Surface LaRC 105
Monthly TOA/Surface Averages Depends on cloud or flux parameters N/A :: 1 month 1.0 x 1.0 deg :: Global N/A :: Top and Surface LaRC 108

 
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