CERES Bidirectional Scans NPP FM5 Edition1-CV

Description

CER_BDS_NPP-FM5_Edition1-CV is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Bidirectional Scans (BDS) Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) Flight Model 5 (FM5) Edition 1-CV data product. Data collection for this product is ongoing. Please note that Edition1-CV data are for instrument validation purposes only and not suited for science publications. CER_BDS_NPP-FM5_Edition1-CV data are CERES geolocated and calibrated Top-of Atmosphere (TOA) filtered radiances and other instrument data. Each CERES BDS data product contains twenty-four hours of Level-1B data for a CERES scanner instrument mounted on a spacecraft. BDS includes samples taken in normal and short Earth scan elevation profiles in both fixed and rotating azimuth scan modes (including space, internal calibration, and solar calibration views). BDS contains Level-0 raw (unconverted) science and instrument data as well as the geolocated converted science and instrument data. It also contains additional data not found in the Level-0 input file, including converted satellite position and velocity data, celestial data, converted digital status data, and parameters used in the radiance count conversion equations. 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 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 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 CERES Input Data Sources https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources
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 ASDC Data and Information for CERES https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
33 CERES Data Management System BiDirectional Scans (BDS) Collection Document - Release 3 Version 4 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/collect_guide/pdf/BDS_CG_R3V4.pdf
33 CERES Bidirectional Scans (BDS) Data Set Abstract https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_bds.pdf
21 Readme Information on the CERES BDS Data Sets https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_bds_SampleRead_R5-890.txt
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
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
21 CERES Documentation https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
21 CERES General Product Info https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_BDS_NPP-FM5_Edition1-CV https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/BDS/NPP-FM5_Edition1-CV/contents.html
21 CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/#data-products-catalog
33 Overview of HDF https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/hdf.pdf
21 CERES Overview of NPP https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#npp
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 Earthdata Search for CER_BDS_NPP-FM5_Edition1-CV (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C7604529-LARC_ASDC
33 Quality Summary: CERES BDS (BiDirectional Scan) NPP Edition 1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_BDS_NPP_Edition1-CV.pdf
33 CERES Processing Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf
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
33 Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/view_hdf.pdf
21 ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/examples.html
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
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 Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ftp_instruct.pdf
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_BDS_NPP-FM5_Edition1-CV https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/BDS/NPP-FM5_Edition1-CV/
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: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Water/page4.php
33 CERES Data Products Catalog R6V16/20/2014 Bidirectional Scans (BDS) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_BDS_R6V1.pdf
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: 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
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

Tags

  • atmospheric-radiation
  • infrared-wavelengths
  • visible-wavelengths
  • atmosphere
  • sensor-characteristics
  • spectral-engineering
  • earth-science

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