ASDC | CER_ES4_TRMM-PFM

CERES Level 3

Entry Title: CERES ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages TRMM PFM Edition2

Entry ID: CER_ES4_TRMM-PFM_Edition2

Radiation Budget

Description

CER_ES4_TRMM-PFM_Edition2 is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)-like Monthly Geographical Averages Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) proto flight model (PFM) Edition 2 data product. Data for this product was collected by the CERES PFM instrument on the TRMM platform. Data collection for this product is complete.

CER_ES4_TRMM-PFM_Edition2 data are CERES instrument Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA) fluxes that used algorithms identical to those used by ERBE, averaged regionally, zonally, and globally. The ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages (ES-4) product contains a month of space and time-averaged CERES data for a single scanner instrument. The ES-4 is also produced for combinations of scanner instruments. For each observed 2.5-degree spatial region, the daily average, the hourly average over the month, and the overall monthly average of shortwave and long-wave (LW) fluxes at the Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA) from the CERES ES-9 product are spatially nested up from 2.5-degree regions to 5- and 10-degree regions, to 2.5-, 5-, and 10-degree zonal averages, and to global monthly averages. For each nested area, the albedo and net flux are given. For each region, the daily average flux is estimated from an algorithm that uses the available hourly data, scene identification data, and diurnal models.

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 ERBE mission. The first CERES instrument, PFM, was launched on November 27, 1997, as part of the TRMM. Two CERES instruments (FM1 and FM2) were launched into polar orbit onboard the Earth Observing System (EOS) flagship Terra on December 18, 1999. Two additional CERES instruments (FM3 and FM4) were launched onboard Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua on May 4, 2002. The CERES FM5 instrument was launched onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite on October 28, 2011. The newest CERES instrument (FM6) was launched onboard the Joint Polar-Orbiting Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) satellite, now called NOAA-20, on November 18, 2017.

DOI

10.5067/TRMM/CERES/ES4-PFM_L3.002

Citation Styles for this Dataset

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES

DATA CITATION POLICY

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

HOW-TO

Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries

MICRO ARTICLE

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance

PI DOCUMENTATION

CERES Cloud Working Group Teleconference

PROCESSING HISTORY

CERES Processing Level Details
CERES Product Level Details

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Quality Summary: CERES ES4 TRMM-PFM Edition 2

PRODUCTION HISTORY

PUBLICATIONS

NASA Earth Observatory 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 (TRMM) as well as the newer Terra satellite.

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.

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.

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))

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.

NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds.

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.

READ-ME

REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN

CERES Input Data Sources

USER'S GUIDE

From GCMD Science Keywords:

SHORTWAVE RADIATION
LONGWAVE RADIATION
ALBEDO
OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
RADIATIVE FLUX

Clear-Sky Albedo
Clear-Sky Longwave (LW) Flux
Clear-Sky Shortwave (SW) Flux
Clear-Sky Solar Incidence
Geographic Scene Type
Net Flux
TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-55, 55), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1998-01-01 - 2000-03-31

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

TRMM

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

CERES-PFM

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

Metadata Dates

Created on 2014-02-05

Last updated on 2023-08-31