ASDC | CER_SSF_Terra-FM1-MODIS

CERES Level 2

Entry Title: CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM1 Edition4A

Entry ID: CER_SSF_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition4A

Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CER_SSF_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition4A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) Top-of-the-Atmosphere (TOA)/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra- Flight Model 1 (FM1) Edition 4A data product, which was collected using the CERES-FM1 instrument on the Terra platform. Data collection for this product is in progress.

CERES SSF TOA/Surface Fluxes are data for a single scanner instrument. The SSF combines instantaneous CERES data with scene information from a higher-resolution imager such as Visible/Infrared Scanner (VIRS) on the Tropical Measuring Mission (TRMM), Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Terra and Aqua, and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi- National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP). Scene identification and cloud properties are defined at the higher imager resolution, and these data are averaged over the larger CERES footprint. For each CERES footprint, the SSF contains the number of cloud layers and, for each layer, the cloud amount, height, temperature, pressure, optical depth, emissivity, ice and liquid water path, and water particle size. The SSF also contains the CERES-filtered radiances for the total, shortwave (SW), and window (WN) channels and the unfiltered SW, longwave (LW), and WN radiances. The SW, LW, and WN radiances at spacecraft altitude are converted to TOA fluxes based on the imager-defined scene. These TOA fluxes are used to estimate surface fluxes. On the SSF, only footprints with adequate imager coverage are included, which is much less than the full set of footprints on the CERES ES-8 product.

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/SSF_Terra-FM1_L2.004A

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Publications which Cite this Collection

Canton, Jacopo; Dipankar, Anurag; Schär, Christoph (2024). Resolution dependence of southern Atlantic Ocean stratocumulus decks.

Seifert, Axel; Bachmann, Vanessa; Filipitsch, Florian; Förstner, Jochen; Grams, Christian M.; Hoshyaripour, Gholam Ali; Quinting, Julian; Rohde, Anika; Vogel, Heike; Wagner, Annette; Vogel, Bernhard (2023). Aerosol–cloud–radiation interaction during Saharan dust episodes: the dusty cirrus puzzle.

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Quality Summary: CERES_SSF_Terra-Aqua_Edition 4A (6/30/2016)

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

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

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

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File Format(s):

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: -89.99999), (W: -180, E: -180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - Present

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

Metadata Dates

Created on 2015-05-11

Last updated on 2024-03-01