Description
CER_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_DAY_Edition3A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Geostationary Satellite (GEO) Cloud Retrievals in International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP)-D2like Format Daytime Edition3A data product. Data collection for this product is complete.
The Monthly Gridded Cloud Averages (ISCCP-D2like-GEO) data product contains monthly and monthly 3-hourly (GMT-based) gridded regional mean geostationary satellite (GEO) cloud properties as a function of 18 cloud types, similar to the ISCCP D2 product, where the cloud properties are stratified by pressure, optical depth, and phase. The ISCCP-D2like-GEO product is a 5-satellite, daytime 3-hourly GMT, 8-km nominal resolution, geostationary-only cloud product limited to . The ISCCP-D2like-GEO is a daytime-only product, where the cloud retrievals incorporate only the visible and IR channels common to all geostationary satellites for spatial consistency. Each ISCCP-D2like file covers a single month.
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 |
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| View this dataset's data citation policy | HTML | How to cite ASDC data | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_DAY_Edition3A | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | CERES Monthly Gridded Cloud Averages (ISCCP-D2like-GEO) Data Set Abstract | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's processing history | CERES Processing Level Details | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's processing history | CERES Product Level Details | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's product quality assessment | Quality Summary: CERES_ISCCP-D2like_Ed3A (11/14/2013) | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's production history | CERES Data Products Catalog | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's production history | CERES Data Products Catalog R5V3 11/27/2013 Monthly Cloud Averages (ISCCP-D2like-GEO) | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's how-to documentation | Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | Readme Information on the CER_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_DAY_Edition3A_300300 Data Set | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HDF data manipulation software (applications to open a Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) file and display a browse image and/or data file information) | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HDF Science Data Set (SDS) Information Tool Overview | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | CERES Input Data Sets (2000-2010) | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's read me document | HTML | View HDF Version 5 Readme | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf) | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | CERES Data Management System View HDF User's Guide - Version 5.0, November 2007 | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's science data product software documentation | ZIP | Read Software Package - Monthly Cloud Averages (ISCCP-D2like-GEO) - Direct File Download (.zip) | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Overview of HDF | Open resource | |
| Use this dataset in a web based map viewerf | Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for CERES | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | CERES project home page | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CERES Documentation | Open resource |
| View this dataset's production history | HTML | CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CERES General Product Info | Open resource |
| View this dataset's requirements and design documentation | HTML | CERES Input Data Sources | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | DOI data set landing page for CER_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_DAY_Edition3A | Open resource |
| View a micro article on this dataset | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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)) | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | 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. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | HTML | NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES | Open resource |
| Access this dataset's users feedback page | HTML | NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES | Open resource |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | OPeNDAP data access for CER_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_DAY_Edition3A | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | HTML | Earthdata Search for CER_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_DAY_Edition3A (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) | Open resource |