Imaging · collection · 2020
CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/terra-aqua/ceres/fluxbycldtyp-month_l3.004a
CER_FluxByCldTyp-Month_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition 4A data product.
Description
Data was collected using CERES Flight Model 1 (FM1), FM2, and Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Terra and FM3, FM4, and MODIS on Aqua.
Data collection for this product is ongoing. CER_FluxByCldTyp-Month_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A provides the monthly mean daytime CERES fluxes and CERES-Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) cloud properties that have been spatially gridded into 1° regions along both the Terra and Aqua ground tracks where the TOA fluxes and cloud properties have been stratified by six cloud optical depth bins and seven cloud effective pressure layers.
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The CERES FluxByCldTyp-Month Edition4A product inputs Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) Edition4A footprint data. All 1-km pixel-level MODIS-retrieved cloud properties within each footprint are stratified into three possible sub-footprint components: two cloud layers and a clear portion. The MODIS channel radiances are converted to broadband (BB) radiances for each sub-footprint component.
The CERES angular directional models are then applied to obtain BB fluxes. Each CERES sub-footprint cloud layer and associated fluxes are assigned to one of the 42 cloud types, similar to the stratification process in the CldTypHist product. FluxByCloudTyp is an hourly instantaneous gridded daytime-only product with a global extent.
Each netCDF4 file covers a single day. 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 proto flight 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 onboard the Earth Observing System (EOS) flagship Terra on December 18, 1999.
Two additional CERES instruments (FM3 and FM4) were launched onboard Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua on May 4, 2002. The CERES FM5 instrument was launched onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite on October 28, 2011. The newest CERES instrument (FM6) was launched onboard the Joint Polar-Orbiting Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1) satellite, now called NOAA-20, on November 18, 2017.
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- Resource doi.org/10.5067/terra-aqua/ceres/fluxbycldtyp-month_l3.004a ↗
DOI data set landing page for CER_FluxByCldTyp-Month_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84930/the-arctic-is-absorbing-more-sunlight ↗
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 mul
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- How to cite ASDC data asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data ↗
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- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/CERES_ATBDs.pdf ↗
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- Links to tools available through the ASDC asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services ↗
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/DelicateBalance/balance2.php ↗
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 fl
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2654/aqua-ceres-first-light ↗
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Aqua CERES First Light: Image of the Day - The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is one of six on board the Aqua satellite.
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/563/ceres-detects-earths-heat-and-energy ↗
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 e
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/535/ceres-first-light-images ↗
NASA Earth Observatory Article: CERES First Light Images: Image of the Day - These two Terra instruments join a previous CERES scanner on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) which was launc
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/36518/ceres-global-cloud-fraction ↗
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
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Iris/iris3.php ↗
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
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/600/first-monthly-ceres-global-longwave-and-shortwave-r… ↗
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 du
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/CERES_NETFLUX_M ↗
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.
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Observing/obs_5.php ↗
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 S
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/AM1/terra_animations.php ↗
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
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- CERES/Terra Regional Mean TOA Flux Uncertainties asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/region_mean_attach_C.pdf ↗
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Water/page4.php ↗
NASA Earth Observatory Article: The Water Cycle - MODIS, CERES, and AIRS all collect data relevant to the study of clouds.
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/2984/tropical-cloud-systems-and-ceres ↗
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.
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- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/examples.pdf ↗
ASDC List of CERES Examples: Spatial Extent and Scan Modes
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance ↗
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
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- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CERES_FluxByCldTyp_Ed4A_DQS_… ↗
Quality Summary: CERES_FluxByCldTyp-Day/Month_Ed4A (5/29/2020)
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- PDF ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/publications/pdfs/CERES_pubs_1993-present.pdf ↗
CERES publications by year - 1993 through present
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- Resource unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf ↗
Unidata Overview of Network Common Data Form (NetCDF)
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- CERES Documentation ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation ↗
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- CERES Documentation: Data Products Catalog ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation ↗
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- CERES General Product Info ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info ↗
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- CERES Overview of Aqua ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions ↗
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- CERES Overview of Terra ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions ↗
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- PNG asdc.larc.nasa.gov/static/images/project_logos/ceres.png ↗
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- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3880505377-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for CER_FluxByCldTyp-Month_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
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- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C3880505377-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Virtual Directory for CER_FluxByCldTyp-Month_Terra-Aqua-MODIS_Edition4A
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880505377-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
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- Resource ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data ↗
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- CERES Subsetting and Browsing Tool ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp/FluxByCldTypSelection.jsp ↗
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- Resource ceres.larc.nasa.gov ↗
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- Resource terra.nasa.gov/?section=60 ↗
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- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CERES ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/ceres-monthly-daytime-mean-regionally-averaged-terra-a… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Documentation and papers
- asdc.larc.nasa.gov /documents/ceres/guide/cer_fluxbycldtyp.pdf ↗
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Daily/Monthly Average Flux Stratified by ISCCP Cloud Types for Day (FluxByCldTyp-Day/Month) Data Set Abstract
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=7999845f-90d1-452f-9aac-798117f96… ↗
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- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880505377-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
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- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880505377-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Atmospheric Radiation · Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size · Cloud Emissivity · Cloud Liquid Water/Ice · Cloud Microphysics · Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness · Cloud Properties · Clouds · Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 1 · Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2 · Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 3 · Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 4 · Cloud Top Height · Cloud Top Pressure · Cloud Top Temperature · Cloud Types · Earth Observing System, Aqua · Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1) · Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer · Optical Depth/Thickness · Outgoing Longwave Radiation · Shortwave Radiation
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 71% · Imaging 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 38 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3880505377-LARC_CLOUD | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 7999845f-90d1-452f-9aac-798117f9611c | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:ceres-fm1 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:ceres-fm2 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:ceres-fm3 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:ceres-fm4 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:modis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/optical-depth-thickness | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/outgoing-longwave-radiation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/shortwave-radiation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics/cloud-droplet-concentration-size | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics/cloud-liquid-water-ice | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics/cloud-optical-depth-thickness | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-top-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-top-pressure | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-top-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-radiative-transfer/cloud-emissivity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-types | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:aqua | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:terra | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
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