ASDC | CER_ES8_TRMM-PFM

CERES Level 2

Entry Title: CERES ERBE-like Instantaneous TOA Estimates TRMM PFM Edition2

Entry ID: CER_ES8_TRMM-PFM_Edition2

Radiation Budget

Description

CER_ES8_TRMM-PFM_Edition2 is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)-like Instantaneous Top of Atmosphere (TOA) Estimates 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.

CERES ES-8 data product contains a 24-hour, single-satellite, instantaneous view of scanner fluxes at the top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reduced from spacecraft altitude unfiltered radiances using ERBE scanner Inversion algorithms and the ERBE shortwave (SW) and long-wave (LW) Angular Distribution Models (ADMs). The ES-8 data also include the total (TOT), SW, LW, and window (WN) channel radiometric data; SW, LW, and WN unfiltered radiance values; and the ERBE scene identification for each measurement. These data are organized according to the CERES 3.3-second scan into 6.6-second records. As long as there was one valid scanner measurement within a record, the ES-8 record was generated.

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 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/ES8-PFM_L2.002

Citation Styles for this Dataset

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES

DATA CITATION POLICY

How to cite ASDC data

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 ES8 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: 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.

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: CERES First Light Images: Image of the Day - These two Terra instruments join a previous CERES scanner on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) which was launched on November 27, 1997

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Does the Earth Have an Iris Analog - Sensors on the TRMM and Terra satellite missions routinely measure these cloud physical properties, which scientists will match in time and space with CERES.

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:

RADIATIVE FLUX
LONGWAVE RADIATION
SHORTWAVE RADIATION
OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION

ERBE Scene ID
Longwave (LW) Flux
Longwave (LW) Unfiltered Radiance
Shortwave (SW) Filtered Radiance
Shortwave (SW) Flux
Shortwave (SW) Unfiltered Radiance
TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
Total Filtered Radiance
Window (Wn) Filtered Radiance
Window (Wn) Unfiltered Radiance

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

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

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1997-12-27 - 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 2014-01-27

Last updated on 2023-12-05