CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM4 Edition4A

Description

CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition4A is the CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-Flight Model 4 (FM4) Edition4A data product. This data was obtained from the CERES-FM4 Instrument on the Aqua platform. Data collection for this product is complete. The Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols product contains one hour of instantaneous Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) data for a single scanner instrument. The SSF combines instantaneous CERES data with scene information from a higher-resolution imager such as Visible/Infrared Scanner (VIRS) on TRMM, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Terra and Aqua, and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi-NPP. Scene identification and cloud properties are defined at the higher imager resolution and these data are averaged over the larger CERES footprint. For each CERES footprint, the SSF contains the number of cloud layers and for each layer the cloud amount, height, temperature, pressure, optical depth, emissivity, ice and liquid water path, and water particle size. The SSF also contains the CERES filtered radiances for the total, shortwave (SW), and window (WN) channels and the unfiltered SW, longwave (LW), and WN radiances. The SW, LW, and WN radiances at spacecraft altitude are converted to Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA) fluxes based on the imager-defined scene. These TOA fluxes are used to estimate surface fluxes. On the SSF, only footprints with adequate imager coverage are included, which are much less than the full set of footprints on the CERES ES-8 product. 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
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 DOI data set landing page for CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition4A https://doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/CERES/SSF-FM4_L2.004A
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition4A https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/SSF/Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition4A/contents.html
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 Single Satellite Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) Collection Document Release 2 Version 1 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/collect_guide/pdf/SSF_CG_R2V1.pdf
33 CERES Data Products Catalog https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/ceres_data_products_catalogs.pdf
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - CERES https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/CERES
21 CERES Instrument Working Group Web Sites https://ceres-instrument.larc.nasa.gov/
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 ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition4A https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/SSF/Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition4A/
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: 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 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 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
21 CERES Documentation https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
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 Aqua https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#aqua
21 CERES Overview of TRMM https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#trmm
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... https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/DelicateBalance/balance2.php
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FAQUA%2FCERES%2FSSF-FM4_L2.004A
33 Overview of HDF https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tools/hdf.pdf
21 CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/
33 CERES Processing Level Details https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/level_table.pdf
33 CERES Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) Data Set Abstract https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_ssf.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 CERES Data Products Browse, Subset, and Order: Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/#single-scanner-footprint-ssf
21 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 Earthdata Search for CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition4A (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C7460997-LARC_ASDC
21 ASDC Data and Information for CERES https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
21 CERES Search and Subsetting Web Application https://subset.larc.nasa.gov/ceres/
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: 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: 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

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • land-surface
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • surface-radiative-properties
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • clouds
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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