Earth  ID: 1139

Global Longwave from CERES

CERES stands for Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System. More information about CERES can be found at (http://terra.nasa.gov/Brochure/Sect_4-3.html) and (http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/ceres_brochure.php).

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Bruce Barkstrom (NASA/LaRC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
Terra/CERES
2000/03
The CERES instrument aboard many Earth-orbiting satellites records the flow of reflected Solar radiation and reprocessed longwave radiation in the Earth's radiation budget.
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.

This item is part of this series:
Terra First Light

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Geophysics
SVS >> Longwave Radiation
SVS >> CERES
NASA Science >> Earth