ASDC | CER_SSF1deg-Month_Terra-MODIS

CERES Level 3

Entry Title: CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A

Entry ID: CER_SSF1deg-Month_Terra-MODIS_Edition4A

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CER_SSF1deg-Month_Terra-MODIS_Edition4A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Time-Interpolated Top of Atmosphere (TOA) Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A data product, which was collected using the CERES Flight Model 1 (FM1), FM2, and MODIS instruments on the Terra platform. Data collection for this product is in progress.

CERES Single Scanner Footprint One Degree (SSF1deg) Day provides daily averages of regional constant meteorology temporally interpolated TOA fluxes, clouds derived from a co-located imager and aerosols on a 1-degree latitude and longitude grid. This is a single satellite product that 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) and Total Solar Irradiance (TSI). The cloud properties are averaged for both day and night (24-hour) and day-only time periods. Cloud properties are stratified into 4 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 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, 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/SSF1DEGMONTH_L3.004A

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DATA QUALITY

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

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PROCESSING HISTORY

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PRODUCTION HISTORY

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

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 Global Cloud Fraction - Each map combines observations from the CERES sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites collected on December 27, 2008

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: Net Radiation - The measurements were made by the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites.

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: Terra Spacecraft Fact Sheet - Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) CERES will measure the Earth's energy balance—comparing the amount of energy from the sun that...

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.

NASA Earth Observeratory 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...

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

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

Cloud Base Pressure
Cloud Infrared Emissivity
Cloud Layer Area
Cloud Overlap
Cloud Particle Phase
Ice Particle Radius
Ice Water Path
Liquid Water Path
Longwave (LW) Flux
Shortwave (SW) Flux
Surface (Radiative) Flux
Surface Type
TOA (Top of Atmosphere) Flux
Visible Optical Depth
Water Particle Radius
Window (Wn) Flux

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-90, 90), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Longitude Resolution: degrees
Latitude Resolution: degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Monthly

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Terra

Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

CERES-FM1

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

Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window Detector

CERES-FM2

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2