CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NPP-FM5 Edition2A

Description

CER_SSF_NPP-FM5_Edition2A data are CERES observed TOA fluxes, MODIS clouds and aerosols, and parameterized surface fluxes.The Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) 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, or Visible Infrare Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on S-NPP and NOAA-20. 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. Only footprints with adequate imager coverage are included on CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Subset_Edition1 the SSF which is 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 (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 ASDC Data and Information for CERES https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNPP%2FCERES%2FSSF_NPP-FM5_L2.002A
21 CERES project home page https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 DOI data set landing page for CER_SSF_NPP-FM5-VIIRS_Edition2A https://doi.org/10.5067/NPP/CERES/SSF_NPP-FM5_L2.002A
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 Quality Summary: CERES_SSF_NPP Edition 2A (3/17/2022) https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/DQ_summaries/CER_SSF_NPP_Edition2A.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 EOS ATB Documents: CERES https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
21 CERES Search and Subsetting Web Application https://subset.larc.nasa.gov/ceres/
21 CERES General Product Info https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/
21 CERES Overview of NPP https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#npp
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 Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_ssf_SampleRead_R3-358.txt
21 Readme Information on FLASH SSF Terra and Aqua https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_flash_ssf_SampleRead_R4-555.txt
33 Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/coastal_water.pdf
35 Read Me - CERES Data Products Catalog R3V2, October 2000, section 2.5 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/cer_ssf_trmm-pfm-virs_subset-edition1_read_packageSSF_DPC_010008.ps
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CER_SSF_NPP-FM5-VIIRS_Edition2A https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/SSF/NPP-FM5-VIIRS_Edition2A/
21 OPeNDAP data access for CER_SSF_NPP-FM5-VIIRS_Edition2A https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/SSF/NPP-FM5-VIIRS_Edition2A/contents.html
33 CERES Data Products Catalog for Edition4-1 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_SSF-Ed4_R5V1.pdf
21 Earthdata Search for CER_SSF_NPP-FM5-VIIRS_Edition2A (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2246001739-LARC_ASDC

Tags

  • atmospheric-radiation
  • infrared-wavelengths
  • land-surface
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • surface-radiative-properties
  • lidar
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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