CERES SSF Level2 Product Information

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To subset, visually browse, and download CERES SSF-Level2 data in netCDF format: Browse & Subset To access the complete CERES SSF-Level2 HDF data product: Order via ASDC

SSF Level2 References

Instrument Calibration

• Loeb, Norman G.; Manalo-Smith, Natividad; Su, Wenying; Shankar, Mohan; Thomas, Susan (2016)
  CERES Top-of-Atmosphere Earth Radiation Budget Climate Data Record: Accounting for in-Orbit Changes in Instrument Calibration
  Remote Sensing, 8(3), 182. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8030182

Clouds

• Minnis, P.; Sun-Mack, Szedung; Chen, Yan; Khaiyer, M.M.; Yi, Yuhong; Ayers, J.K.; Brown, R.R.; Dong, Xiquan;
  Gibson, S.C.; Heck, P.W.; Lin, Bing; Nordeen, M.L.; Nguyen, L.; Palikonda, R.; Smith, W.L.; Spangenberg, D.A.; Trepte, Q.Z.; Xi, Baike (2011)
  CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data -- Part II:
  Examples of Average Results and Comparisons With Other Data
  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(11), 4401-4430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2011.2144602

• Minnis, P.; Sun-Mack, Szedung; Young, D.F.; Heck, P.W.; Garber, D.P.; Chen, Yan; Spangenberg, D.A.; Arduini, R.F.;
  Trepte, Q.Z.; Smith, W.L.; Ayers, J.K.; Gibson, S.C.; Miller, W.F.; Hong, G.; Chakrapani, V.; Takano, Y.; Liou, Kuo-Nan; Xie, Yu; Yang, Ping (2011)
  CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data -- Part I: Algorithms
  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(11), 4374-4400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2011.2144601

Angular Directional Models

• Su, W.; Corbett, J.; Eitzen, Z.; Liang, L. (2015)
  Next-generation angular distribution models for top-of-atmosphere radiative flux calculation from CERES instruments: validation
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8(8), 3297-3313. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3297-2015

• Su, W.; Corbett, J.; Eitzen, Z.; Liang, L. (2015)
  Next-generation angular distribution models for top-of-atmosphere radiative flux calculation from CERES instruments: methodology
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8(2), 611-632. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-611-2015

SSF Level2 Documentation

• Data Quality Summaries — Highlights the accuracy of this product as determined by the CERES Science Team.

• SSF Collection Guide — An overview of the science product along with definitions of each of the parameters included within the product.

SSF Level2 Product Features

• This product provides the CERES observed Top-of-Atmosphere fluxes, associated MODIS clouds and aerosol properties and GEOS-4 atmosphere at the instantaneous footprint level
• First available CERES product
• Provides parameterized surface fluxes (not observed)
  • Radiative transfer computed surface fluxes provided in the CRS Level2 product
• Also designed to be compared with other Terra or Aqua based satellite products
  • Footprint data (20km) can easily be collocated with other dataset
• Additional Daily, and Monthly Product information can be found in the SSF1deg product.
• Applicable Studies:
  • Angular dependent of radiance
  • Cloud and aerosol properties comparison
  • Cloud and aerosol radiative forcing estimate and comparison with other estimate
  • Interpretation of radiation cloud and aerosol property variability
  • Surface flux calculation with simple transfer model
  • TOA flux only comparison
  • Comparison of radiation, aerosol and cloud properties with model other then GCM (ie. LES, CRM)

SSF Level2 Processing Flowchart

To subset, visually browse, and download CERES SSF-Level2 data in netCDF format: Browse & Subset To access the complete CERES SSF-Level2 HDF data product: Order via ASDC

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