ASDC | CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS

CERES Level 3

Entry Title: CERES Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Terra FM1 Edition2F

Entry ID: CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2F

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CER_FSW_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2F is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Terra Flight Model 1 (FM1) Edition2F data product, which was collected using the CERES-FM1 and the CERES Scanner instruments on the Terra platform. Data collection for this product is complete.

The Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds (FSW) product contains regional averages of instantaneous footprint computed fluxes [Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA), surface, and in-atmosphere (profile)], associated TOA observed fluxes, and cloud parameters only for the hours of the satellite overpass. The FSW product contains a month of space and time-averaged CERES data for a single scanner instrument. All instantaneous fluxes from the CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) product for a month are sorted by 1-degree spatial regions and by the Universal Time (UT) hour of observation. The mean of the instantaneous fluxes for a given region-hour bin is determined and recorded on the FSW, along with other flux statistics and scene information. The mean adjusted fluxes at the four atmospheric levels defined by CRS are also included for both clear-sky and total-sky scenes. In addition, four cloud height categories are defined by dividing the atmosphere into four intervals with boundaries at the surface: 700-, 500-, 300-hPa, and the TOA. The cloud layers from CRS are put into one of the cloud height categories and averaged over the region. The cloud properties are also column averaged and included on the FSW.

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 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.

DOI

10.5067/TERRA/CERES/CER_FSW_TERRA-FM1-MODIS_L3.002F

Citation Styles for this Dataset

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES

ANOMALIES

CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties

DATA CITATION POLICY

How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

HOW-TO

Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries

MICRO ARTICLE

PI DOCUMENTATION

CERES Cloud Working Group Teleconference

PROCESSING HISTORY

CERES Processing Level Details

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Quality Summary: CERES Terra Edition 2 FSW & CERES Aqua Edition2 FSW

PRODUCT USAGE

CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CERES Data Products Catalog
CERES Input Data Sources

PUBLICATIONS

Angular Distribution Models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Terra Satellite. Part II: Validation

READ-ME

USER'S GUIDE

CERES Data Management System View HDF User's Guide - Version 5.0, November 2007

From GCMD Science Keywords:

SOLAR IRRADIANCE
CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
RADIATIVE FLUX
CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
SHORTWAVE RADIATION
INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
EMISSIVITY
ALBEDO
CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
LONGWAVE RADIATION
CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS

Clear-Sky Albedo
Clear-Sky Longwave (LW) Flux
Clear-Sky Shortwave (SW) Flux
Clear-Sky Solar Incidence
Cloud Base Pressure
Cloud Layer Area
Cloud Overlap
Cloud Particle Phase
Ice Particle Diameter
Liquid Water Path
Net Flux
Solar (Radiance) Flux
Surface Type
TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
Vertical Aspect Ratio
Visible Optical Depth
Water Particle Radius

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

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

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-05-01 - 2007-12-31

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Terra

Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1)

CERES-FM1

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

RADIOMETERS

CERES SCANNER

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Scanner

Metadata Dates

Created on 2014-01-10

Last updated on 2024-03-12