ASDC | CER_BDS_Terra-FM1

CERES Level 1B

Entry Title: CERES Bidirectional Scans Terra FM1 Edition1-CV

Entry ID: CER_BDS_Terra-FM1_Edition1-CV

Radiation Budget

Description

CER_BDS_Terra-FM1_Edition1-CVis the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Bidirectional Scans (BDS) Terra Flight Model 1 (FM1) Edition1-CV data product,which was collected using the CERES-FM1 instrument on the Terra platform. This data product is intended only to be used for instrument validation purposes and is, therefore, not suited for science publications. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

Note: Edition1-CV data are for instrument validation purposes only and not suited for science publications.

Each CERES BDS data product contains twenty-four hours of Level-1B data for each CERES scanner instrument mounted on each spacecraft. BDS includes samples taken in normal and short Earth scan elevation profiles in both fixed and rotating azimuth scan modes (including space, internal calibration, and solar calibration views). BDS contains Level-0 raw (unconverted) as well as the geolocated converted science and instrument data. BDS contains additional data not found in the Level-0 input file, including converted satellite position and velocity data, celestial data, converted digital status data, and parameters used in the radiance count conversion equations. CERES is a key component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) program.

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.

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

From GCMD Science Keywords:

LONGWAVE RADIATION
NET RADIATION
SHORTWAVE RADIATION
SINK TEMPERATURE
INFRARED RADIANCE
VISIBLE RADIANCE

Converted Temperatures
Converted Voltages and Torques
Shortwave (SW) Detector Output
Shortwave (SW) Filtered Upward Radiance
TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Radiance: Shortwave (SW) Filtered (0-5_m)
TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Radiance: Total Filtered (0-100_m)
TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Radiance: Window Filtered (8-12_m)
Total Detector Output
Window (Wn) Detector Output
Window (Wn) Filtered Radiance Upwards

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-90, 90), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2000-02-25 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Daily

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Terra

Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

CERES-FM1

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 1

Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window Detector

Metadata Dates

Created on 2014-01-23

Last updated on 2022-12-02