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Overview of the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Experiment
Author(s) -
Norman G. Loeb,
Bruce A. Wielicki
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
fourier transform spectroscopy/ hyperspectral imaging and sounding of the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1364/hise.2007.htuc2
Subject(s) - shortwave , atmosphere (unit) , shortwave radiation , radiant energy , environmental science , longwave , radiative flux , radiative transfer , radiant flux , flux (metallurgy) , meteorology , remote sensing , atmospheric model , atmospheric sciences , geology , physics , radiation , optics , materials science , metallurgy
This paper presents an overview of the CERES project. It demonstrates how algorithm improvements have lead to improved top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiative flux accuracy. CERES shortwave flux anomalies are compared with those from Earthshine and ISCCP-FD.

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