CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM2 MODIS Edition2B

Description

CER_CRS_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition2B is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) Terra Flight Model 2 (FM2) Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Edition2B data product, which was collected using the CERES-FM2 instrument on the Terra platform. The CERES-FM2 instrument collected data in this collection on the Terra platform. The collection for this product is complete. The CRS product contains one hour of instantaneous Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) data for a single scanner instrument. The CRS contains all the CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) product data. For each CERES footprint on the SSF, the CRS also contains vertical flux profiles evaluated at four levels in the atmosphere: the surface, 500-, 70-, and 1-hPa. The CRS fluxes and cloud parameters are adjusted for consistency with a radiative transfer model, and adjusted fluxes are evaluated at the four atmospheric levels for both clear-sky and total-sky. CERES is a key Earth Observing System (EOS) program component. The CERES instruments provide radiometric measurements of the Earth's atmosphere from three broadband channels. The CERES missions follow the successful Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) mission. The first CERES instrument, the 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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5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2F
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5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FWater%2Fpage4.php
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Ftools-and-services
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5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fdocumentation%2F%23data-products-catalog
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fgeneral-product-info%2F
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5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fterra_rev.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2FREADME.txt
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5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FCERES%2FCRS%2FTerra-FM2-MODIS_Edition2B%2F
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FTERRA%2FCERES%2FCRS_TERRA-FM2_L2.002B
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fciting-data
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F36518%2Fceres-global-cloud-fraction
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5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fdocumentation%2F
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Finstruments%2Fsatellite-missions%2F%23terra
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fquality_summaries%2FCER_CRS_Terra_Edition2B.pdf
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FDelicateBalance%2Fbalance2.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F535%2Fceres-first-light-images
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F600%2Ffirst-monthly-ceres-global-longwave-and-shortwave-radiation
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fexamples.pdf
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Finstruments%2Fsatellite-missions%2F%23trmm
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Faqua_rev.pdf
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fgeneral-product-info%2F%23ceres-input-data-sources
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
5 CRS_TERRA-FM2_L2.002B https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/CERES/CRS_TERRA-FM2_L2.002B
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
33 CER_CRS_Terra_Edition2B.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_CRS_Terra_Edition2B.pdf
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
5 balance2.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/DelicateBalance/balance2.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2654/aqua-ceres-first-light
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/563/ceres-detects-earths-heat-and-energy
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/535/ceres-first-light-images
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/36518/ceres-global-cloud-fraction
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/600/first-monthly-ceres-global-longwave-and-shortwave-radiation
5 obs_5.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Observing/obs_5.php
5 terra_animations.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/AM1/terra_animations.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84930/the-arctic-is-absorbing-more-sunlight
5 page4.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Water/page4.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2984/tropical-cloud-systems-and-ceres
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services
33 examples.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/examples.pdf
5 https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/#data-products-catalog
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#aqua
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#terra
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#trmm
33 terra_rev.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/terra_rev.pdf
47 README.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/README.txt
34 ceres.png https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/static/images/project_logos/ceres.png
33 aqua_rev.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/aqua_rev.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/CRS/Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition2B/
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C4331636-LARC_ASDC
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/CRS/Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition2B/contents.html
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/CERES_NETFLUX_M
5 iris3.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Iris/iris3.php
33 view_hdf.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/view_hdf.pdf
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4331636-LARC_ASDC.iso19115

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  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-droplet-concentration-size
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-base-temperature
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-base-pressure
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-radiative-flux
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-liquid-water-ice
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-outgoing-longwave-radiation
  • earth-science-surface-radiative-properties-land-surface
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-shortwave-radiation
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-radiative-transfer-cloud-emissivity
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-optical-depth-thickness
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-longwave-radiation
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-solar-irradiance
  • earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-optical-depth-thickness
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-height
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-albedo
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-fraction
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-top-pressure
  • earth-science-atmospheric-temperature-atmosphere-surface-temperature-skin-temperature
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-radiative-transfer
  • earth-science-atmospheric-water-vapor-atmosphere-water-vapor-indicators-total-precipitable-wate
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-incoming-solar-radiation
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-net-radiation
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-emissivity
  • earth-science-atmospheric-winds-atmosphere-surface-winds-wind-speed

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