Description
CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM2_1 is the 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 2 (FM2) 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-FM2_1 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.
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| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| View this dataset's data citation policy | HTML | How to cite ASDC data | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | ASDC Direct Data Download for CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM2_1 | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes | Open resource |
| View this dataset's processing history | CERES Processing Level Details | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's processing history | CERES Product Level Details | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's product quality assessment | Quality Summary: CERES Terra Edition 2B SSF, CERES Terra Edition 2F SSF, and CERES Terra Edition 2G SSF | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's production history | CERES Data Products Catalog | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's documented anomalies | Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's production history | CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's how-to documentation | Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HDF data manipulation software (applications to open a Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) file and display a browse image and/or data file information) | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HDF Science Data Set (SDS) Information Tool Overview | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme | Open resource |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | Readme Information on CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM1 and CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM2 | Open resource |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products | Open resource |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | View HDF Version 5 Readme | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf) | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | CERES Data Management System View HDF User's Guide - Version 5.0, November 2007 | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2015 | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's product usage | Data Product Specification for MISR - Revision S, April 15, 2011 | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Project Handbook | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's product usage | MISR Science Data Product Guide - May 7, 2012 | Open resource | |
| Get a related visualization | HTML | ASDC List of MISR Imagery and Articles | Open resource |
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | MISR Workshop Presentations, June 2002 - August 2010 | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | MISR Observing Concept Fact Sheet | Open resource | |
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | Powerpoint | Obtaining MISR Data and Information, Presented by Jeff Walter Atmospheric Science Data Center - April 17, 2009 - Direct File Download (.ppt) | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Overview Fact Sheet | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's documented anomalies | HTML | ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record | Open resource |
| Downloadable software applications | KML | MISR Paths Tool - Direct File Download (.kml) | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Overview of HDF | Open resource | |
| Use this dataset in a web based map viewerf | Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for CERES | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for MISR | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Links to tools available through the ASDC | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | 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. | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's publications | NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Aerosols over Australia - Researchers explore the links between atmospheric aerosols, climate change, and ultraviolet rays. | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's publications | NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Smoke over Athens - The effects of forest fires show up in a multi-satellite view of pollution. | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's publications | 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. | Open resource | |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | CERES project home page | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CERES Documentation | Open resource |
| View this dataset's production history | HTML | CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CERES General Product Info | Open resource |
| View this dataset's requirements and design documentation | HTML | CERES Input Data Sources | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CERES Overview of Aqua | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | DOI data set landing page for CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM2_1 | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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... | Open resource |
| View a micro article on this dataset | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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... | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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)) | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: Aqua CERES First Light: Image of the Day - The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is one of six on board the Aqua satellite. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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 | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | HTML | NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR | Open resource |
| Access this dataset's users feedback page | HTML | NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES | Open resource |
| Access this dataset's users feedback page | HTML | NASA Earthdata Forum - MISR Project Specific Forum | Open resource |
| Use this dataset in a web based tool | HTML | Tool to identify MISR Paths/Blocks intersecting a specified lat/lon box | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | MISR project home page | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA JPL Photojournal: New Images of Irma's Towering Clouds - MISR passes over Irma over the Dominican Republic as a Category 5 hurricane. | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | HTML | Earthdata Search for CERES-MISR-MODIS_SSF-SSFM_Terra-FM2_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) | Open resource |
| The dataset's home page | HTML | TERRA Overview | Open resource |
| Use this dataset in a web based map viewerf | HTML | Google Earth | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |