CERES SSF 1 degree Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NPP VIIRS Edition2A

Description

CER_SSF1deg-Hour_NPP-VIIRS_Edition2A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Single Scanner Footprint One Degree (SSF1deg) Regionally Averaged Top of Atmosphere (TOA) Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Edition 2A data product, which was collected using the CERES-Flight Model 5 (FM5) and VIIRS instruments on the Suomi NPP platform. Data collection for this product is in progress. The CERES SSF1deg Hour product provides regional averages of CERES 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 (WN) 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, the 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 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

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5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
21 SSF1DEGHOUR_L3.002A https://doi.org/10.5067/NPP/CERES/SSF1DEGHOUR_L3.002A
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2246001749-LARC_ASDC
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 CERES_SSF1deg_Ed4A_DQS.pdf https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/DQ_summaries/CERES_SSF1deg_Ed4A_DQS.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/40
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services
5 SSF1degHourNPPSelection.jsp https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp/SSF1degHourNPPSelection.jsp
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info/#ceres-input-data-sources
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#npp
33 cer_ssf1deg-hour.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_ssf1deg-hour.pdf
33 DPC_SSF_R4V1.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_SSF_R4V1.pdf
47 readme_cer_ssf_SampleRead_R3-358.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_ssf_SampleRead_R3-358.txt
33 coastal_water.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/coastal_water.pdf
47 README.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/README.txt
33 view_hdf.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/view_hdf.pdf
34 ceres.png https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/static/images/project_logos/ceres.png
33 aqua_rev.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/aqua_rev.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/SSF1deg-Hour/NPP-VIIRS_Edition2A/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/SSF1deg-Hour/NPP-VIIRS_Edition2A/contents.html
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2F
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FNPP%2FCERES%2FSSF1DEGHOUR_L3.002A
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fciting-data
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2FDQ_summaries%2FCERES_SSF1deg_Ed4A_DQS.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fproject%2FCERES
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov%2Fatbd-category%2F40
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Ftools-and-services
5 https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov%2Ford-tool%2Fjsp%2FSSF1degHourNPPSelection.jsp
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fgeneral-product-info%2F
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2Fgeneral-product-info%2F%23ceres-input-data-sources
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov%2Finstruments%2Fsatellite-missions%2F%23npp
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Fguide%2Fcer_ssf1deg-hour.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2FDPC_SSF_R4V1.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Freadme_cer_ssf_SampleRead_R3-358.txt
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fcoastal_water.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2FREADME.txt
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Fview_hdf.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fstatic%2Fimages%2Fproject_logos%2Fceres.png
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fceres%2Freadme%2Faqua_rev.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FCERES%2FSSF1deg-Hour%2FNPP-VIIRS_Edition2A%2F
5 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov%2Fopendap%2FCERES%2FSSF1deg-Hour%2FNPP-VIIRS_Edition2A%2Fcontents.html
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC2246001749-LARC_ASDC
21 SSF-FM3_L2.004A https://doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/CERES/SSF-FM3_L2.004A
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C7460996-LARC_ASDC
33 SSF_CG_R2V1.pdf https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/collect_guide/pdf/SSF_CG_R2V1.pdf
33 cer_ssf.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_ssf.pdf
33 DPC_SSF-Ed4_R5V1.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_SSF-Ed4_R5V1.pdf
5 balance2.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/DelicateBalance/balance2.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2654/aqua-ceres-first-light
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/563/ceres-detects-earths-heat-and-energy
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/600/first-monthly-ceres-global-longwave-and-shortwave-radiation
5 obs_5.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Observing/obs_5.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84930/the-arctic-is-absorbing-more-sunlight
5 page4.php https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Water/page4.php
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2984/tropical-cloud-systems-and-ceres
33 examples.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/examples.pdf
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation/#data-products-catalog
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#aqua
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#trmm
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/#ssf-level-2
5 https://subset.larc.nasa.gov/ceres/
5 https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/products?CERESProducts=SSFlevel2_Ed4
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/SSF/Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/SSF/Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition4A/contents.html
5 SSF1DEGHOUR_L3.002A https://doi.org/10.5067/NPP/CERES/SSF1DEGHOUR_L3.002A
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2246001749-LARC_ASDC
33 CERES_SSF1deg_Ed4A_DQS.pdf https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/DQ_summaries/CERES_SSF1deg_Ed4A_DQS.pdf
5 SSF1degHourNPPSelection.jsp https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp/SSF1degHourNPPSelection.jsp
5 https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions/#npp
33 cer_ssf1deg-hour.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_ssf1deg-hour.pdf
33 aqua_rev.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/aqua_rev.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CERES/SSF1deg-Hour/NPP-VIIRS_Edition2A/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CERES/SSF1deg-Hour/NPP-VIIRS_Edition2A/contents.html
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2246001749-LARC_ASDC.iso19115

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