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Data access via file system: /data/icdc/atmosphere/ceres_cmip5
This is a subset o the CERES data set which has been prepared such that it can be easily compared to CMIP5 Model runs. More information about CERES data is given on our CERES webpage, on the respective NASA webpage and in the references.
This is Version Ed2.7 of the CERES-EBAF Products, downloaded Februar 04, 2014.
Name | Unit | Acronym |
TOA incident shortwave radiation | W/m^2 | rsdt |
TOA outgoing shortwave radiation, all-sky | W/m^2 | rsut |
TOA outgoing shortwave radiation, clearsky | W/m^2 | rsutcs |
TOA outgoing longwave radiation, all-sky | W/m^2 | rlut |
TOA outgoing longwave radiation, clearsky | W/m^2 | rlutcs |
Surface shortwave downwelling radiation, all-sky | W/m^2 | rsds |
Surface shortwave downwelling radiation, clearsky | W/m^2 | rsdscs |
Surface shortwave upwelling radiation, all-sky | W/m^2 | rsus |
Surface shortwave upwelling radiation, clear-sky | W/m^2 | rsuscs |
Surface longwave downwelling radiation, all-sky | W/m^2 | rlds |
Surface longwave downwelling radiation, clearsky | W/m^2 | rldscs |
Surface longwave upwelling radiation, all-sky | W/m^2 | rlus |
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The offered data sets do not contain uncertainty estimates.
But a number of documents exist which summarize uncertainties and uncertainty sources as well as the results of the evaluation procedures: --> References
NASA
CERES staff
Help Desk
email: ceres-help (at) lists.nasa.gov
Please email comments for data set improvement to: HQ-CLIMATE-OBS (at) mail.nasa.gov
Seiji Kato
NASA CERES-Staff
email: seiji.kato (at) nasa.gov
Norman Loeb
NASA CERES-Staff
email: norman.g.loeb (at) nasa.gov
Stefan Kern
ICDC / CEN / University of Hamburg
email: stefan.kern (at) uni-hamburg.de
Please refer to
CERES EBAF_Ed2.7" and provide a reference to the following paper when you publish scientific results with the data:
For EBAF-TOA:
Loeb, N. G., B. A. Wielicki, D. R. Doelling, G. L. Smith, D. F. Keyes, S. Kato, N. Manalo-Smith, and T. Wong, 2009: Toward Optimal Closure of the Earth's Top-of-Atmosphere Radiation Budget, Journal of Climate, 22(3), 748-766, doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2637.1
For EBAF-Surface:
Kato, S., N. G. Loeb, F. G. Rose, D. R. Doelling, D. A. Rutan, T. E. Caldwell, L. Yu, and R. A. Weller, 2013: Surface irradiances consistent with CERES-derived top-of-atmosphere shortwave and longwave irradiances. Journal of Climate, 26, 2719-2740, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00436.1
Please acknowledge also the source of your data download as: Integrated Climate Data Centre (ICDC), CliSAP/KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, http://icdc.cen.uni-hamburg.de