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Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES)

The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) project provides satellite-based observations of ERB and clouds. It uses measurements from CERES instruments flying on several satellites along with data from many other instruments to produce a comprehensive set of ERB data products for climate, weather and applied science research.

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The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) project provides satellite-based observations of ERB and clouds. It uses measurements from CERES instruments flying on several satellites along with data from many other instruments to produce a comprehensive set of ERB data products for climate, weather and applied science research.

Related Publications

2025. "The role of Earth’s major cloud systems in the hemispheric albedo symmetry.", Journal of Climate, 38 (23): 7203–7215 [10.1175/jcli-d-25-0242.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Describing seasonal mixtures of cloud regimes via “regimes of regimes”.", Journal of Climate, [10.1175/jcli-d-24-0275.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Regimes of Cloud Vertical Structure From Active Observations.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130 (1): [10.1029/2024jd041716] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Oceanic cloud trends during the satellite era and their radiative signatures.", Climate Dynamics, [10.1007/s00382-024-07396-8] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming.", Communications Earth & Environment, 5 (1): 281 [10.1038/s43247-024-01442-3] [Journal Article/Letter]