CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NOAA-20 Edition 1B

Description

The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Single Scanner Footprint One Degree (SSF1deg) Hour provides regional averages of CERES Top of Atmosphere (TOA) fluxes, clouds derived from a co-located imager and aerosols on a 1-degree latitude and longitude grid. This single satellite product uses the primary CERES instrument in cross-track mode. TOA fluxes are provided for clear-sky and all-sky conditions for longwave (LW), shortwave (SW), and window wavelength bands. The incoming daily solar irradiance is from the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) and Total Solar Irradiance (TSI). The cloud properties are averaged for day and night (24-hour) and day-only periods. Cloud properties are stratified into four atmospheric layers (surface-700 hPa, 700 hPa - 500 hPa, 500 hPa - 300 hPa, 300 hPa - 100 hPa) and a total of all layers. The aerosols are averaged instantaneous values from the co-located imager. 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 (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 newest 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 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/CERES
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 TERRA Overview https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
33 CERES Hourly Gridded TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF1deg-Hour) Data Set Abstract https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_ssf1deg-hour.pdf
33 CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_SSF_R4V1.pdf
21 View HDF Version 5 Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/README.txt
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 Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_ssf_SampleRead_R3-358.txt
34 Mission Logo https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/static/images/project_logos/ceres.png
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_SSF1deg-Hour_NOAA20-VIIRS_Edition1B https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/SSF1deg-Hour/NOAA20-VIIRS_Edition1B/
21 Project Home Page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 DOI data set landing page for CER_SSF1deg-Hour_NOAA20P-VIIRS_Edition1B https://doi.org/10.5067/NOAA20/CERES/SSF1DEGHOUR_L3.001B
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
33 CERES Aqua Revision_1 Table https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/aqua_rev.pdf
21 NASA Earth Observeratory 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 satellite. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/DelicateBalance/balance2.php
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 CERES_SSF1deg_Ed4.1 Subsetting and Browsing https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp/SSF1degHourEd41Selection.jsp
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
21 NASA Earth Observeratory Article: A Delicate Balance: Aqua-CERES First Light. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2654/aqua-ceres-first-light
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
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: 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 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 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 CERES Overview of NOAA-20 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#noaa20
33 Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/coastal_water.pdf
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_SSF1deg-Hour_NOAA20-VIIRS_Edition1B https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/SSF1deg-Hour/NOAA20-VIIRS_Edition1B/contents.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNOAA20%2FCERES%2FSSF1DEGHOUR_L3.001B
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: Clouds in the Balance https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
21 CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order: Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/#single-scanner-footprint-ssf
21 CERES Input Data Sources https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • clouds
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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