How are Ceres data products used?

The CERES data are used by the climate, weather and applied science research communities to address a range of research topics that involve the exchange of energy between the Earth and space and between the major components of the Earth system.

What do the Ceres instruments measure?

The most precisely calibrated radiometer ever to fly in space, the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is measuring emitted and reflected radiative energy from the surface of the Earth and the atmosphere.

What is the Ceres Project NASA?

The goals of the CERES project are to: Produce a long-term, integrated global climate data record for detecting decadal changes in the Earth’s radiation budget from the surface to the top-of-atmosphere.

Do clouds absorb infrared radiation?

Clouds warm the Earth by absorbing infrared radiation emitted from the surface and reradiating it back down. The process traps heat like a blanket and slows the rate at which the surface can cool. The blanketing effect warms Earth’s surface by some 7�C.

Does Ceres have a satellite?

Ceres does not have any moons.

What does Ceres have in common with Earth?

Structure. Ceres is more similar to the terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) than its asteroid neighbors, but it is much less dense. One of the similarities is a layered interior, but Ceres’ layers aren’t as clearly defined. Ceres probably has a solid core and a mantle made of water ice.

What is the temperature on Ceres?

While living on Ceres, you’d be subject to extreme shifts in temperature. The daytime temperature is usually about minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 73 degrees Celsius), and the nighttime temperature is minus 225 F (minus 143 C).

Is a cloud a black body?

In the retrieval algorithm, clouds are treated as a blackbody when the CBH is derived from the downwelling infrared radiance.

What is the ultimate source of energy of the Earth?

The energy of the sun
The energy of the sun is the original source of most of the energy found on earth. We get solar heat energy from the sun, and sunlight can also be used to produce electricity from solar (photovoltaic) cells. The sun heats the earth’s surface and the Earth heats the air above it, causing wind.

Can life live on Ceres?

Potential for Life Ceres has something a lot of other planets don’t: water. Here on Earth, water is essential for life, so it’s possible that with this ingredient and a few other conditions met, life possibly could exist there. If anything does live on Ceres, it’s likely to be very small microbes similar to bacteria.

Do humans emit radiation?

Yes, all objects, including human bodies, emit electromagnetic radiation. The wavelength of radiation emitted depends on the temperature of the objects. Such radiation is sometimes called thermal radiation. Most of the radiation emitted by human body is in the infrared region, mainly at the wavelength of 12 micron.

Is the sun infinite?

The sun in powered by nuclear fusion of hydrogen to helium. There is plenty of hydrogen remaining to keep the sun going for billions of years. So, solar energy is not infinite, but it will last for billions of years.

Does all energy come from the sun?

Nearly all of the earth’s energy comes from the sun. Some of this radiant energy is reflected by water droplets and dust particles in the atmosphere and bounced back into space or scattered throughout the atmosphere; some is absorbed by clouds or ozone.