Science study The CERES satellite measures Earth's energy imbalance—specifically, how much solar radiation is absorbed compared to how much heat (longwave) radiation is emitted back into space.

Cloud base height (CBH) is crucial for determining cloud radiation effects, and uncertainty in CBH retrieval can lead to significant errors in the estimation of surface downwelling longwave radiation ...

Data from a now defunct NASA spacecraft has revealed a massive internal reservior of organic material within the second wettest solar system body, Ceres.

This new research, however, focuses on a second possibility: that the organic material formed within Ceres and has been stored in a reservoir shielded from solar radiation.

The ocean-only simulation, initialized by using the WOA hydrography with no flow, is forced by monthly mean 10-meter wind speed, solar shortwave radiation flux, downwelling longwave radiation flux, ...

An adequate estimate of the radiation components on the earth's surface may help reveal many important interactions between the earth's surface and the atmosphere. In-situ measurements of radiation ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice ...

Astronomers comparing data taken by Dawn with models of Ceres on Earth determined that organics on its surface came from within Ceres itself.

It can also be attributed to increases in water vapor, which traps more outgoing longwave radiation and further contributes to Earth’s energy imbalance. The related decrease in clouds and sea ice also ...

As much as we now know about Ceres, it's evident the dwarf planet still has a few surprises left. Astronomers have discovered that Ceres' surface isn't as carbon-rich as previously thought. A ...