CERES-C Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Long term measurement of the Earth's radiation budget and atmospheric radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the surface; provision of an accurate and self-consistent cloud and radiation database.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System-Continuation
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Earth radiation budget radiometers
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Broad-band radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
20 km
Swath
Accuracy
0.5%, 1%, 0.3% (respectively for the 3 channels)(TBC)
Waveband
3 channels: 0.3-5 µm, 0.3 - 100 µm, 8 - 12 µm (TBC)
UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm)
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)
FIR (~15.0 µm - ~0.1 cm)

Instrument Missions

Instrument Measurements