Creator: LARC_ASDC
Keywords: Clouds,Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness,Cloud Base Height,Cloud Midlayer Temperature,Cloud Height,Cloud Properties,Cloud Base Pressure,Cloud Top Pressure,Cloud Liquid Water/Ice,Cloud Top Height,Cloud Top Temperature,Cloud Base Temperature

Data at a Glance

Description

CER_GEO_Ed4_GOE18_NH_V01.4 is the Satellite ClOud and Radiation Property retrieval System (SatCORPS) Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Geostationary Satellite (GEO) Edition 4 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 18 (GOES-18) over the Northern Hemisphere (NH) Version 1.4 data product. Data was collected using the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the GOES-18 Platform.

Note: Version 1.4 uses the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis for atmospheric input; Version 1.2 used GMAO's GEOS-5.4.1. No changes have been made to the cloud retrieval algorithm.

This data set is comprised of cloud micro-physical and radiation properties derived hourly from GOES-18 geostationary satellite imager data using the Langley Research Center (LaRC) SATCORPS algorithms in support of the CERES project. The data set is arranged as files for each hour in netCDF-4 format. The observations are at 2-km resolution (at nadir) and are sub-sampled to 6 km (taking every third line and pixel).

Version Description

Version 1.4 uses the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis for atmospheric input; Version 1.2 used GMAO's GEOS-5.4.1. No changes have been made to the cloud retrieval algorithm.

Product Summary

Platforms

GOES-18

Instruments

ABI

Geographic Region

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

2023-01-04 to Present

Data Partner

Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA (NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC)

Concept ID

C3417454199-LARC_ASDC

Data State

ACTIVE

Number of Files/Granules

23986

Processing Level

Published

2024-07-08

Science Keywords

Clouds ,

Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness ,

Cloud Base Height ,

Cloud Midlayer Temperature ,

Cloud Height ,

Cloud Properties ,

Cloud Base Pressure ,

Cloud Top Pressure ,

Cloud Liquid Water/Ice ,

Cloud Top Height ,

Cloud Top Temperature ,

Cloud Base Temperature

Citation

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Loeb, N. (2025). SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-18 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.4 [Data set]. NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GOES-18/CERES/GEO_ED4_NH_V01.4 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

Documents

SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-18 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.4