CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Aqua FM3 MODIS Edition4A

Description

CER_CRS_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) Aqua Flight Model 3 (FM3) Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Edition4A data product, which was collected using the CERES-FM3 instrument on the Aqua platform. Please note that only a few variables from the SSF have been included and this product should be used in conjunction with the CER_SSF_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A product. The Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) product contains one hour of instantaneous CERES data for a single scanner instrument. The CRS contains geolocation, geometry, packet identification, and minimal cloud properties, and TOA fluxes from the CERES SSF product. For each CERES footprint on the Single Scanner Footprint (SSF), the CRS product also contains vertical flux profiles evaluated at six levels in the atmosphere: the surface, 850-, 500-, 200-, 70-, and 0.01-hPa for both clear-sky and total-sky. 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 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 EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
33 HDF Science Data Set (SDS) Information Tool Overview https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_sds_info.pdf
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_CRS_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/CRS/Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A/contents.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FAQUA%2FCERES%2FCRS_AQUA-FM3_L2.004A
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
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 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 CERES Processing Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf
21 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. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2654/aqua-ceres-first-light
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: 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
21 TERRA Overview https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
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
21 CERES Overview of Aqua https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#aqua
21 CERES Overview of Terra https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#terra
33 Quality Summary: CERES Aqua Edition4A CRS https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_CRS_Aqua_Edition4A.pdf
21 CERES Overview of TRMM https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#trmm
33 CERES Cloud Working Group Teleconference https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/CWG.TELCON.9.01.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
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 ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_CRS_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/CRS/Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A/
33 CERES Product Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/product_level_details.pdf
21 CERES Documentation https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
21 DOI data set landing page for CER_CRS_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A https://doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/CERES/CRS_AQUA-FM3_L2.004A
33 CERES Data Products Catalog https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
21 CERES CRS Odering Tool https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/products?CERESProducts=SSFlevel2_Ed4
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 ASDC Data and Information for CERES https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
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
33 Overview of HDF https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/hdf.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 ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/examples.html
21 Earthdata Search for CER_CRS_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2644836474-LARC_ASDC
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: 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: 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
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
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

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • land-surface
  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • ngda
  • surface-radiative-properties
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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