CERES-MODIS and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types for day and night.

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CER_CldTypHist_GEO-MODIS_Edition4A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES)- Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) cloud types for day and night Edition 4A data product. Data collection is ongoing. The CERES-MODIS and hourly geostationary cloud properties (CldTypHist) data product contain monthly and one-hourly gridded regional mean cloud properties as a function of 18 cloud types, where the cloud properties are stratified by pressure, optical depth, and phase. Data is available day and night. The CldTypHist product combines cloud properties from Terra-MODIS (10:30 AM local equator crossing time LECT), Aqua-MODIS (1:30 PM LECT), and geostationary satellites (GEO) to provide the most diurnally complete product. The GEO cloud properties have been normalized with MODIS for diurnal consistency. The CERES MODIS-derived cloud properties are not the official NASA MODIS cloud retrievals but are based on the CERES cloud working group retrievals that are also available in other CERES products. The CERES MODIS-derived cloud properties provide coverage from pole to pole. The hourly GEO cloud properties come from five satellites at 8km nominal resolution with coverage limited to equatorward of 60 degrees. The GEO cloud retrievals incorporate additional channels as they become available on improved geostationary satellites that replaced earlier ones in the time period. The geostationary calibration is normalized to Terra-MODIS. Each CldTypHist 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, the proto flight 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 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

Name Format Description Link
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 DOI data set landing page for CER_CldTypHist_GEO-MODIS_Edition4A https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA+AQUA/CERES/CLDTYPHIST_L3.004
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 CERES Subsetting and Browsing Tool https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp/CldTypHistEd41Selection.jsp
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_CldTypHist_GEO-MODIS_Edition4A https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/CldTypHist/GEO-MODIS_Edition4A/
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
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
33 CERES Product Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/product_level_details.pdf
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 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FTERRA+AQUA%2FCERES%2FCLDTYPHIST_L3.004
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 ASDC Data and Information for CERES https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
33 Quality Summary: CERES_CldTypHist_Ed4A (6/1/2017) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CERES_CldTypHist_Ed4A_DQS.pdf
33 CERES Data Products Catalog https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
33 CERES Processing Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.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: 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 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 CERES Documentation https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
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 TERRA Overview https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
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
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 CERES Data Page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/#cldtyphist-level-3
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_CldTypHist_GEO-MODIS_Edition4A https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/CldTypHist/GEO-MODIS_Edition4A/contents.html
21 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
33 Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf.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 Earthdata Search for CER_CldTypHist_GEO-MODIS_Edition4A (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1385072232-LARC_ASDC
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

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  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • atmosphere
  • ngda
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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