CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM1

Description

CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM1_1 is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) and Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-Flight Model 1 (FM1) Version 1 data set. . Data was collected using the MODIS, FM1, FM2, MISR, and CERES Scanner instruments on the Terra platform. Data collection for this product is complete. CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM1_1 is the CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM1 data set. It integrates measurements from CERES, MISR, and MODIS. The resulting data granule contains 2 files: an hour of instantaneous CERES SSF data, which includes MODIS data, the matching SSFM daytime measurements (solar zenith angle < 90 deg), and MISR radiances associated with along-track CERES SSF data. Data is only available for along-track days within the temporal coverage. CERES is a key component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) program. The CERES instruments provide radiometric measurements of the Earth's atmosphere from three broadband channels. The CERES missions are a follow-on to the successful Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) mission. The first CERES instrument, protoflight model (PFM), was launched on November 27, 1997 as part of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Two CERES instruments (FM1 and FM2) were launched into polar orbit on board the Earth Observing System (EOS) flagship Terra on December 18, 1999. Two additional CERES instruments (FM3 and FM4) were launched on board Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua on May 4, 2002. The CERES FM5 instrument was launched on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite on October 28, 2011. The newest CERES instrument (FM6) was launched on board the Joint Polar-Orbiting Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) satellite, now called NOAA-20, on November 18, 2017.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/publications/peerReviewed/
21 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 DOI data set landing page for CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM1_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/CERES/MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM-FM1_L2.001
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM1_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM/Terra-FM1_V001/
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 ASDC Data and Information for CERES https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/45
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES Global Cloud Fraction - Each map combines observations from the CERES sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites collected on December 27, 2008 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/36518/ceres-global-cloud-fraction
33 Overview of HDF https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/hdf.pdf
21 ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/terra-maneuvers.html
21 ASDC List of MISR Imagery and Articles https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/imagery.html
21 Tool to identify MISR Paths/Blocks intersecting a specified lat/lon box https://l0dup05.larc.nasa.gov/misr_loc/misr_loc.html
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Looking at the Moon to Better See Earth - Terra satellite performs manuver that allows all nine of MISR's camera to capture images of the moon. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90764/looking-at-the-moon-to-better-see-earth
21 NASA JPL Photojournal: New Images of Irma's Towering Clouds - MISR passes over Irma over the Dominican Republic as a Category 5 hurricane. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21945
33 View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/view_hdf.pdf
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Tracking Clouds - Tune in to the evening weather report on any given day, and you'll no doubt see satellite images of clouds. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/tracking
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FTERRA%2FCERES%2FMISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM-FM1_L2.001
33 Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Overview Fact Sheet https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/overview_misr.pdf
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
33 CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_SSF_R4V1.pdf
33 Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Project Handbook https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/misr_ov2.pdf
36 Obtaining MISR Data and Information, Presented by Jeff Walter Atmospheric Science Data Center - April 17, 2009 - Direct File Download (.ppt) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/obtaining_misr_data.ppt
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES First Light Images: Image of the Day - These two Terra instruments join a previous CERES scanner on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) which was launched on November 27, 1997 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/535/ceres-first-light-images
33 Quality Summary: CERES Terra Edition 2B SSF, CERES Terra Edition 2F SSF, and CERES Terra Edition 2G SSF https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_SSF_Terra_Edition2B.pdf
21 Earthdata Search for CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM1_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1374321411-LARC_ASDC
21 ASDC Data and Information for MISR https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/MISR
33 CERES Data Products Catalog https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/CERES
33 CERES Product Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/product_level_details.pdf
25 MISR Paths Tool - Direct File Download (.kml) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/tools/misr_paths.kml
21 MISR project home page https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/
33 Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2015 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/ASDC_MISR_Overview_2015.pdf
33 MISR Workshop Presentations, June 2002 - August 2010 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_workshop.pdf
33 Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/view_hdf.pdf
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
21 CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/#data-products-catalog
21 CERES General Product Info https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/
21 CERES Input Data Sources https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources
33 HDF Science Data Set (SDS) Information Tool Overview https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_sds_info.pdf
21 HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_sds_info_readme.txt
33 Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf.pdf
21 View HDF Version 5 Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/README.txt
33 CERES Data Management System View HDF User's Guide - Version 5.0, November 2007 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/view_hdf_UG5.0.pdf
21 Readme Information on CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM1 and CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM2 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_ceres-misr_ssf-ssfm.txt
33 Data Product Specification for MISR - Revision S, April 15, 2011 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS_v50_RevS.pdf
33 CERES Processing Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf
21 Google Earth https://www.google.com/earth/
21 Links to tools available through the ASDC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - MISR Project Specific Forum https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/MISR
33 MISR Observing Concept Fact Sheet https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/observing_concept.pdf
33 MISR Science Data Product Guide - May 7, 2012 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/MISR_Science_Data_Product_Guide.pdf
21 NASA Earth Observeratory Article: A Delicate Balance: Signs of Change in the Tropics - New data sets were also used from NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments that fly aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring... https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/DelicateBalance/balance2.php
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES Detects Earth's Heat and Energy: Image of the Day - Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) monitors solar energy reflected from the Earth and heat energy emitted from the Earth. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/563/ceres-detects-earths-heat-and-energy
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Does the Earth Have an Iris Analog - Sensors on the TRMM and Terra satellite missions routinely measure these cloud physical properties, which scientists will match in time and space with CERES. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Iris/iris3.php
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: First Monthly CERES Global Longwave and Shortwave Radiation - These measurements were acquired by NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors during March 2000. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/600/first-monthly-ceres-global-longwave-and-shortwave-radiation
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Net Radiation - The measurements were made by the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/CERES_NETFLUX_M
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Space-based Observations of the Earth (Thermal radiation emitted from the Earth's surface and clouds on March 1, 2000 as seen by the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES)) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Observing/obs_5.php
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Terra Spacecraft Fact Sheet - Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) CERES will measure the Earth's energy balance—comparing the amount of energy from the sun that... https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/AM1/terra_animations.php
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Arctic Is Absorbing More Sunlight - The radiation measurements were made by NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments which fly on multiple satellites.  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84930/the-arctic-is-absorbing-more-sunlight
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Water/page4.php
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Tropical Cloud Systems and CERES: Image of the Day - CERES detects the amount of outgoing heat and reflected sunlight leaving the planet. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2984/tropical-cloud-systems-and-ceres
33 NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Smoke over Athens - The effects of forest fires show up in a multi-satellite view of pollution. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1240/NASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf
33 NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Aerosols over Australia - Researchers explore the links between atmospheric aerosols, climate change, and ultraviolet rays. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1194/NASA_SOP_2008_Aerosols_over_Australia.pdf
33 NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Cloudy with a chance of Drizzle - By analyzing data from the MISR instrument, scientists discover that a unique type of cloud formation is much more prevalent than was previously believed. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1257/NASA_SOP_2005_Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Drizzle.pdf
33 NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Following the World Trade Center plume - Remote sensing helps track the drift of harmful pollutants following the World Trade Center collapse. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1187/NASA_SOP_2007_Following_the_World_Trade_Center_plume.pdf
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Squeezing Water from Rock - Survivors of the New Madrid earthquakes reported not only intense ground shaking and land movement, but also an unfamiliar phenomenon of water and sand spouting up through cracks in the Earth's surface. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Earthquake
21 NASA JPL Images: Tropical Storm Harvey over Texas - After making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane the day before, striking images are captured by MISR as the storm maintained a dangerous tropical storm status. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21927
21 ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/examples.html
21 TERRA Overview https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
21 CERES Documentation https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
21 Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_ssf_SampleRead_R3-358.txt
33 Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/coastal_water.pdf
33 Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ftp_instruct.pdf
33 HDF data manipulation software (applications to open a Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) file and display a browse image and/or data file information) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_data_manipulation.pdf

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  • atmospheric-water-vapor
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