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CERES Level 2

Entry Title: SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 MTSAT-2 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.2

Entry ID: CER_GEO_Ed4_MTS02_SH_V01.2

Clouds

Description

CER_GEO_Ed4_MTS02_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 Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) over the Southern Hemisphere (SH) Version 1.2 data product. Data was collected using the MTSAT-2 Imager on the MTSAT-2 Platform.

Note: Version 1.2 is identical to version 1.0. No changes have been made to the retrieval algorithm.

This data set comprises cloud micro-physical and radiation properties derived hourly from MTSAT-2 geostationary satellite imager data using the Langley Research Center (LaRC) SATCORPS algorithms supporting the CERES project. The data set is arranged as files for each hour in netCDF-4 format. The observations are at 4 km resolution (at nadir) and are sub-sampled to 8 km (taking every other line and pixel).

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/MTS02/CERES/GEO_ED4_SH_V01.2

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD BASE TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

netCDF-4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -60, N: 0), (W: 80, E: 180)
(S: -60, N: 0), (W: -180, E: -170)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2015-06-30 - 2015-07-05

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

MTSAT-2

The Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2

MTSAT 2 Imager

Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-01-31

Last updated on 2024-02-28