ASDC | CER_SSF1deg-Month_NPP-VIIRS

CERES Level 3

Entry Title: CERES SSF 1 degree Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NPP Edition2A

Entry ID: CER_SSF1deg-Month_NPP-VIIRS_Edition2A

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CER_SSF1deg-Month_NPP-VIIRS_Edition2A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Single Scanner Footprint One Degree (SSF1deg) Time-Interpolated Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Edition 2A data product, which was collected using the CERES-Flight Model 5 (FM5) and Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) platform. Data collection for this product is in progress.

CERES SSF1deg Month provides monthly averages of regional constant meteorology temporally interpolated CERES TOA fluxes, clouds derived from a co-located imager, and aerosols on a 1-degree latitude and longitude grid. One-degree zonally and global averaged values for the parameters are also provided. This single satellite product uses the primary CERES instrument in cross-track mode. TOA fluxes are provided for clear-sky and all-sky conditions for longwave (LW), shortwave (SW), and window (WN) wavelength bands. The incoming solar daily irradiance is from the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Total Solar Irradiance (TSI). The cloud properties are averaged for day and night (24-hour) and day-only periods. Cloud properties are stratified into four atmospheric layers (surface-700 hPa, 700 hPa, - 500 hPa, 500 hPa, - 300 hPa, 300 hPa, - 100 hPa) and a total of all layers. The aerosols are averaged instantaneous values from the co-located imager.

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 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/NPP/CERES/SSF1DEGMONTH_L3.002A

Citation Styles for this Dataset

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES

ANOMALIES

Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue

DATA CITATION POLICY

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DATA QUALITY

Quality Summary: CERES_SSF1deg-Hour/Day/Month_Ed4A (3/13/2018)

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

HOW-TO

Directions on downloading and installing the HDF libraries

PROCESSING HISTORY

CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CERES Input Data Sources

READ-ME

USER'S GUIDE

From GCMD Science Keywords:

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

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: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2012-02-01 - 2019-09-30

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Suomi-NPP

Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership

CERES-FM5

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 5

Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window Detector

VIIRS

Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite

SPECTRORADIOMETERS

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-08-25

Last updated on 2024-02-07