Imaging · collection · 2002
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols TRMM-PFM Edition2B
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/trmm/ceres/ssf-pfm_l2.002b
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B is the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Scanner Footprint (SSF) Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA)/Surface Fluxes, Clouds, and Aerosols Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)-protoflight model (PFM) Edition2B data product.
Description
Data was collected using the CERES PFM instrument on both the TRMM platform. Data collection for this product is complete.
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B contains one hour of instantaneous CERES 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 TRMM, MODIS on Terra and Aqua, and VIIRS on Suomi-NPP. Scene identification and cloud properties are defined at the higher imager resolution, and these data are averaged over the larger CERES footprint.
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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 Top-of-the-Atmosphere (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, PFM, was launched on November 27, 1997, as part of the 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.
Links
Get the data
- Resource doi.org/10.5067/trmm/ceres/ssf-pfm_l2.002b ↗
DOI data set landing page for CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_SSF-Ed3_R5V2.pdf ↗
CERES Data Products Catalog R5V2 1/21/2011 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
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- How to cite ASDC data asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data ↗
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- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/quality_summaries/CER_SSF_TRMM_Edition2B.pdf ↗
Quality Summary: CERES CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B
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- NASA EOS ATB Documents: CERES asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/CERES_ATBDs.pdf ↗
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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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- 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/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/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/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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- 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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- Overview of HDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services ↗
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- Resource earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/CloudsInBalance ↗
NASA Earth Observatory Article: Clouds in the Balance
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- CERES Documentation ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/documentation ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- 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 Input Data Sources ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/general-product-info ↗
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- CERES Overview of Aqua ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- CERES Overview of TRMM ceres.larc.nasa.gov/instruments/satellite-missions ↗
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- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/DPC_SSF_R4V1.pdf ↗
CERES Data Products Catalog R4V110/1/2004 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Sample read software for CERES SSF Data Products asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/readme_cer_ssf_SampleRead_R3-358.txt ↗
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- Discussion of the Coastal Water Percentage Issue asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/coastal_water.pdf ↗
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- View HDF Version 5 Readme asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/README.txt ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/readme/view_hdf.pdf ↗
View HDF: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for HDF Files (overview of and resources for using view_hdf)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- 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.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF ceres.larc.nasa.gov/documents/collect_guide/pdf/SSF_CG_R2V1.pdf ↗
Single Satellite Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) Collection Document Release 2 Version 1
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/ceres/guide/cer_ssf.pdf ↗
CERES Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF) Data Set Abstract
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880506970-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
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- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3880506970-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
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- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C3880506970-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Virtual Directory for CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B
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- Resource ceres.larc.nasa.gov ↗
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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-single-scanner-footprint-ssf-toa-surface-fluxes-… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880506970-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
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- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=0b8e211f-8be5-4582-b6f1-7bfad1825… ↗
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- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880506970-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Albedo · Cloud Base Pressure · Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size · Cloud Emissivity · Cloud Fraction · Cloud Height · Cloud Liquid Water/Ice · Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness · Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Prototype Flight Model · Cloud Top Pressure · Emissivity · Longwave Radiation · Net Radiation · Outgoing Longwave Radiation · Radiative Flux · Shortwave Radiation · Skin Temperature · Surface Pressure · Total Precipitable Water · Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission · Wind Speed
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 69%
Provenance · 2 source records, 36 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3880506970-LARC_CLOUD | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 0b8e211f-8be5-4582-b6f1-7bfad1825a72 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| 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-pfm | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-pressure/surface-pressure | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/albedo | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/emissivity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/longwave-radiation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/net-radiation | 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/radiative-flux | 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/atmospheric-temperature/surface-temperature/skin-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-water-vapor/water-vapor-indicators/total-precipitable-water | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/surface-winds/wind-speed | 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/cloud-base-pressure | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-fraction | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-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-radiative-transfer/cloud-emissivity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:trmm | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
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| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |