CERES Level 2
Entry Title: CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM2 Edition4A
Entry ID: CER_SSF_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition4A
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
GOTO WEB TOOL
Overview of view hdf: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files
PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties
- Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue
ANOMALIES
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for CERES
- ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
- CERES Documentation
- CERES General Product Info
- HDF Science Data Set (SDS) Information Tool Overview
- HDF data manipulation software (applications to open a Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) file and display a browse image and/or data file information)
- Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Overview
- Overview of HDF
- View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf)
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
MICRO ARTICLE
- CERES Processing Level Details
- CERES Product Level Details
PROCESSING HISTORY
- Quality Summary: CERES_SSF_Terra-Aqua_Edition 4A (6/30/2016)
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- CERES Data Products Catalog
- CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
- HDF Scientific Data Set (SDS) Information Utility Readme
- Read Me - CERES Data Products Catalog R3V2, October 2000, section 2.5 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
- Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products
- View HDF Version 5 Readme
READ-ME
- CERES Input Data Sources
REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- ALBEDO
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- EMISSIVITY
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SKIN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- NET RADIATION
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
- CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- 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
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Hourly
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
Terra
Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
CERES-FM2
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2
Total Detector Shortwave Detector Window DetectorMetadata Dates
Created on 2015-05-11
Last updated on 2022-09-28