CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath TRMM Edition2C

Description

CER_CRS_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Edition2C data product, which was collected using the CERES-proto flight model (PFM) instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) platform. Data collection for this product is complete. The CER_CRS_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C data product is computed Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA)/surface/profile fluxes using Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) clouds and aerosols from Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) obtained from the TRMM PFM instrument. The Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) product contains one hour of instantaneous CERES data for a single scanner instrument. CRS contains all of the CERES 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 proto-flight model (PFM), was launched on November 27, 1997, as part of the TRMM. Two CERES instruments (FM1 and FM2) were launched into polar orbit onboard the Earth Observing System (EOS) flagship Terra on December 18, 1999. Two additional CERES instruments (FM3 and FM4) were launched onboard Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua on May 4, 2002. The CERES FM5 instrument was launched onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite on October 28, 2011. The newest CERES instrument (FM6) was launched onboard the Joint Polar-Orbiting Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) satellite, now called NOAA-20, on November 18, 2017.

Resources

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5 CRS_L2.002C https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/CERES/CRS_L2.002C
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C4331635-LARC_ASDC
33 cer_crs.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_crs.pdf
33 CER_CRS_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_CRS_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C.pdf
33 DPC_CRS_R5V1.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_CRS_R5V1.pdf
57 cer_crs_SampleRead_R3-291.zip https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/read_software/cer_crs_SampleRead_R3-291.zip
33 ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
33 level_table.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf
33 product_level_details.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/product_level_details.pdf
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
5 https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#trmm
33 CWG.TELCON.9.01.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/CWG.TELCON.9.01.pdf
33 hdf_sds_info.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_sds_info.pdf
33 ftp_instruct.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ftp_instruct.pdf
33 hdf_data_manipulation.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_data_manipulation.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/CRS/TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/CRS/TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C/contents.html
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2F
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FTRMM%2FCERES%2FCRS_L2.002C
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC4331635-LARC_ASDC
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fciting-data
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fproject%2FCERES
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2FDPC_CRS_R5V1.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Freadme_cer_crs_trmm-pfm-virs_edition2c.txt
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fread_software%2Fcer_crs_SampleRead_R3-291.zip
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Flevel_table.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fproduct_level_details.pdf
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FDelicateBalance%2Fbalance2.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F2654%2Faqua-ceres-first-light
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F563%2Fceres-detects-earths-heat-and-energy
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F36518%2Fceres-global-cloud-fraction
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FIris%2Firis3.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fglobal-maps%2FCERES_NETFLUX_M
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FObserving%2Fobs_5.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FAM1%2Fterra_animations.php
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5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FWater%2Fpage4.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F2984%2Ftropical-cloud-systems-and-ceres
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Ftools-and-services
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fexamples.pdf
5 https://terra.nasa.gov%2F%3Fsection%3D60
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FCloudsInBalance
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fdocumentation%2F
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fgeneral-product-info%2F%23ceres-input-data-sources
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2FCWG.TELCON.9.01.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fterra_rev.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fhdf_sds_info.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fhdf_sds_info_readme.txt
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2FREADME.txt
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fftp_instruct.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fhdf_data_manipulation.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fview_hdf_UG5.0.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fstatic%2Fimages%2Fproject_logos%2Fceres.png
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Faqua_rev.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FCERES%2FCRS%2FTRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C%2F
5 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov%2Fopendap%2FCERES%2FCRS%2FTRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C%2Fcontents.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fguide%2Fcer_crs.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fquality_summaries%2FCER_CRS_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F600%2Ffirst-monthly-ceres-global-longwave-and-shortwave-radiation
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fdocumentation%2F%23data-products-catalog
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Finstruments%2Fsatellite-missions%2F%23trmm
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov%2Fatbd-category%2F40
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F535%2Fceres-first-light-images
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 CRS_L2.002C https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/CERES/CRS_L2.002C
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C4331635-LARC_ASDC
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
33 cer_crs.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_crs.pdf
33 CER_CRS_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_CRS_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C.pdf
33 DPC_CRS_R5V1.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_CRS_R5V1.pdf
5 readme_cer_crs_trmm-pfm-virs_edition2c.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_crs_trmm-pfm-virs_edition2c.txt
57 cer_crs_SampleRead_R3-291.zip https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/read_software/cer_crs_SampleRead_R3-291.zip
33 ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
33 level_table.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf
33 product_level_details.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/product_level_details.pdf
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/535/ceres-first-light-images
5 https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#trmm
33 CWG.TELCON.9.01.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/CWG.TELCON.9.01.pdf
33 terra_rev.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/terra_rev.pdf
33 hdf_sds_info.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_sds_info.pdf
5 hdf_sds_info_readme.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_sds_info_readme.txt
47 README.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/README.txt
33 ftp_instruct.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ftp_instruct.pdf
33 hdf_data_manipulation.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_data_manipulation.pdf
33 view_hdf_UG5.0.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/view_hdf_UG5.0.pdf
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/TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/CRS/TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2C/contents.html
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/563/ceres-detects-earths-heat-and-energy
47 readme_cer_crs_trmm-pfm-virs_edition2c.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_crs_trmm-pfm-virs_edition2c.txt
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/36518/ceres-global-cloud-fraction
5 iris3.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Iris/iris3.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/600/first-monthly-ceres-global-longwave-and-shortwave-radiation
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/CERES_NETFLUX_M
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://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/#data-products-catalog
47 hdf_sds_info_readme.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf_sds_info_readme.txt
33 view_hdf_UG5.0.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/view_hdf_UG5.0.pdf
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4331635-LARC_ASDC.iso19115

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