CERES

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Earth observation instrument satellite instrument

CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) is a satellite instrument designed to measure the Earth's radiation budget and study how clouds and aerosols affect the climate system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
CERES canonical	6
CERES-FM6	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earth observation instrument ⓘ satellite instrument ⓘ
acronymFor	Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System ⓘ surface form: Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
contributesTo	IPCC Assessment Reports ⓘ surface form: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments
dataArchive	NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center ⓘ
dataPolicy	open access ⓘ
dataUsedFor	aerosol radiative forcing studies ⓘ climate model development ⓘ climate model validation ⓘ climate research ⓘ cloud property retrievals ⓘ energy budget closure studies ⓘ satellite climate data records ⓘ trend analysis of Earth's radiation budget ⓘ
developedBy	Langley Research Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Langley Research Center
firstLaunchedAboard	Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ⓘ
firstLaunchedOn	1997-11-27 ⓘ
flownOn	Aqua satellite ⓘ NOAA-20 ⓘ surface form: NOAA-20 satellite Suomi NPP ⓘ surface form: Suomi NPP satellite Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ⓘ surface form: TRMM satellite Terra satellite ⓘ
hasInstrumentVersion	CERES FM1 ⓘ CERES FM2 ⓘ CERES FM3 ⓘ CERES FM4 ⓘ CERES FM5 ⓘ
measures	atmospheric radiative fluxes ⓘ outgoing longwave radiation ⓘ reflected shortwave radiation ⓘ surface radiative fluxes ⓘ top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes ⓘ
monitors	changes in Earth's radiation budget over time ⓘ
operatedBy	NASA ⓘ
orbits	Earth ⓘ
partOf	NASA Earth Observing System ⓘ
primaryObjective	measure Earth's radiation budget ⓘ study effects of aerosols on climate ⓘ study effects of clouds on climate ⓘ
provides	global coverage ⓘ
relatedTo	CALIPSO ⓘ CloudSat ⓘ Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ⓘ surface form: MODIS
spectralRange	longwave ⓘ shortwave ⓘ total (shortwave + longwave) ⓘ
studies	Earth's energy balance ⓘ
supportsProgram	NASA Earth Science Division ⓘ
uses	broadband radiometers ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aqua satellite → instrument → CERES ⓘ

subject surface form: Aqua

Terra satellite → instrument → CERES ⓘ

subject surface form: Terra

NOAA-20 → instrument → CERES ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERES-FM6

JPSS-1 → instrument → CERES ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERES-FM6

NPP → instrument → CERES ⓘ

Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System → abbreviation → CERES ⓘ

EOS PM-1 → carriesInstrument → CERES ⓘ

EOS AM-1 → instruments → CERES ⓘ