CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds Terra FM1 Edition2C

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CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2C is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Fixed Swath Width (FSW) Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds Terra Flight Model (FM1) Edition 2C data product, which was collected using the CERES-FM1 and the CERES Scanner instruments on the Terra platform. Data collection for this product is complete. The Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds (FSW) product contains regional averages of instantaneous footprint computed fluxes [Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA), surface, and in-atmosphere (profile)], associated TOA observed fluxes, and cloud parameters only for the hours of satellite overpass. The FSW product contains a month of space and time averaged CERES data for a single scanner instrument. All instantaneous fluxes from the CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) product for a month are sorted by 1-degree spatial regions and by the Universal Time (UT) hour of observation. The mean of the instantaneous fluxes for a given region-hour bin is determined and recorded on the FSW along with other flux statistics and scene information. The mean adjusted fluxes at the four atmospheric levels defined by CRS are also included for both clear-sky and total-sky scenes. In addition, four cloud height categories are defined by dividing the atmosphere into four intervals with boundaries at the surface, 700-, 500-, 300-hPa, and the TOA. The cloud layers from CRS are put into one of the cloud height categories and averaged over the region. The cloud properties are also column averaged and included on the FSW. 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
33 Overview of HDF https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/hdf.pdf
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: 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 Processing Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FTERRA%2FCERES%2FFSW-FM1-MODIS_L3.002C
21 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
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 CERES Data Products Catalog https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
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: 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 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 Documentation: Data Products Catalog https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/#data-products-catalog
21 CERES General Product Info https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/
21 CERES Input Data Sources https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources
21 CERES Overview of Terra https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#terra
33 CERES Cloud Working Group Teleconference https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/CWG.TELCON.9.01.pdf
33 CERES Terra Revision 1 Table https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/terra_rev.pdf
33 Angular Distribution Models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Terra Satellite. Part II: Validation https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/JTECHA_2590.pdf
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 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_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2C https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/FSW/Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2C/
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2C https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/FSW/Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2C/contents.html
33 Quality Summary: CERES Terra Edition 2 FSW & CERES Aqua Edition2 FSW https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_FSW_Edition2_Terra_Aqua.pdf
21 Earthdata Search for CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2C (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C4521857-LARC_ASDC
33 Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/hdf.pdf
21 DOI data set landing page for CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2C https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/CERES/FSW-FM1-MODIS_L3.002C
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/CERES
33 CERES Product Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/product_level_details.pdf
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
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
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
33 CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/region_mean_attach_C.pdf
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 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 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: 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 CERES Documentation https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
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

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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