CERES ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages NOAA-20 FM6 Edition1

Description

CER_ES4_NOAA20-FM6_Edition1 is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)-like Monthly Geographical Averages NOAA-20 FM6 Edition1, data product. The CERES instrument TOA fluxes use algorithms identical to those used by ERBE, averaged regionally (2.5-degree, 5-degree, and 10-degree grid), zonally (2.5-degree, 5-degree, and 10-degree) and globally. The ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages (ES-4) product contains a month of space and time averaged CERES data for a single scanner instrument. For each observed 2.5-degree spatial region, the daily average, the hourly average over the month, and the overall monthly average of shortwave and long-wave fluxes at the Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA) from the CERES ES-9 product are spatially nested up from 2.5-degree regions to 5- and 10-degree regions, to 2.5-, 5-, and 10-degree zonal averages, and to global monthly averages. For each nested area, the albedo and net flux are given. For each region, the daily average flux is estimated from an algorithm that uses the available hourly data, scene identification data, and diurnal models. This algorithm is like the algorithm used for ERBE. 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 (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 EOS flagship Terra on December 18, 1999. Two additional CERES instruments (FM3 and FM4) were launched on board EOS Aqua on May 4, 2002. The CERES instrument (FM5) was launched on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite on October 28, 2011. The last CERES instrument (FM6) was launched on board the Joint Polar-Orbiting Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) satellite on November 18, 2017.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNOAA20%2FCERES%2FES4-FM6_L3.001
21 DOI data set landing page for CER_ES4_NOAA20-FM6_Edition1 https://doi.org/10.5067/NOAA20/CERES/ES4-FM6_L3.001
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 CERES ERBE-like Monthly Geographic Averages (ES-4) Data Set Abstract https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_es4.pdf
33 Quality Summary: CERES ES4 NOAA-20 Edition 1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_ES4_NOAA20_Edition1.pdf
21 Readme to read several ES-9 data sets https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_es9_SampleRead_R6V1-895.txt
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
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: 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
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: 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 CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/
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 Overview of NOAA-20 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#noaa20
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
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 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
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 Direct Data Download for CER_ES4_NOAA20-FM6_Edition1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/ES4/NOAA20-FM6_Edition1/
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_ES4_NOAA20-FM6_Edition1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/ES4/NOAA20-FM6_Edition1/contents.html
21 NASA Earth Observatory 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 Mission (TRMM) as well as the newer Terra satellite. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/DelicateBalance/balance2.php
21 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
33 CERES Data Products Catalog R7V1 November 2013 ERBE-like Monthly Regional Averages (ES-4) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_ES4_R7V1.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: 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
21 Earthdata Search for CER_ES4_NOAA20-FM6_Edition1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2246001717-LARC_ASDC
33 ES-4 Collection Guide Release 1 Version 1 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/collect_guide/pdf/ES4_CG_R1V1.pdf
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: 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
57 Read Software Package - CERES ES9 Aqua-FM3 - Direct File Download (.zip) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/read_software/erbelike_SampleRead_ES9_R6V1-895.zip
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 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: 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

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