ASDC | CER_GEO_Ed4_GOE16_SH

CERES Level 2

Entry Title: SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-16 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.2

Entry ID: CER_GEO_Ed4_GOE16_SH_V01.2

Clouds

Description

CER_GEO_Ed4_GOE16_SH_V01.2 is the Satellite ClOud and Radiation Property retrieval System (SatCORPS) Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Geostationary Satellite (GEO) Edition 4 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16) over the Southern Hemisphere (SH) Version 1.2 data product. Data was collected using the GOES-16 Imager on the GOES-16 Platform. Data collection for this product is in progress.

Note: Version 1.2 is identical to version 1.0. No changes in retrieval algorithm.

This data set is comprised of cloud micro-physical and radiation properties derived hourly from GOES-16 geostationary satellite imager data using the Langley Research Center (LARC) SATCORPS algorithms in support of the CERES project. The cloud microphysical and radiation properties from each active geostationary satellite are merged together to create hourly global cloud properties that are used to estimate fluxes between CERES instrument measurements to account for the changing diurnal cycle. The data set is arranged as files for each hour and in netCDF-4 format. The observations are at 4-km resolution (at nadir) and are sub-sampled to 8 km.

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, the proto flight 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 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/GOES16/CERES/GEO_ED4_SH_V01.2

Citation Styles for this Dataset

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

ASDC Data and Information for CERES
ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
CERES Documentation
CERES General Product Info
Overview of HDF

PROCESSING HISTORY

CERES Processing Level Details
CERES Product Level Details

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CERES Data Products Catalog
CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog

PUBLICATIONS

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: 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.

REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN

CERES Input Data Sources

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

NetCDF-4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-60, 0), (-120, -30)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2017-12-31 - Present

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

GOES-16

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16

GOES-16 Imager

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16-Imager

VISSR

Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-01-10

Last updated on 2022-03-03