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CERES Instruments Data Access and Tools

Data collected by NASA’s Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) are integral for efforts to study Earth's radiation budget, among other investigations. Explore CERES datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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CERES Instruments Datasets

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Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) TERRA-FM1 data in netCDF Version 4B 2017-01-01 to 2025-02-17 netCDF-4 Albedo, Atmospheric Radiation, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Emissivity, Radiative Forcing, Solar Irradiance, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Longwave Radiation 2
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) NOAA-20 Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Version1B 2023-10-01 to Present netCDF-4 Cloud Base Height, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Emissivity, Emissivity, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Base Temperature, Optical Depth/Thickness, Humidity, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation 2
FLASHFlux Daily Gridded Single Satellite TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data in HDF Version 4A 2018-12-01 to 2023-02-28 HDF4, netCDF-4 Albedo, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Properties, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Cloud Base Temperature, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Absorption, Shortwave Radiation, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Radiative Transfer 3
FLASHFlux Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 4B 2021-12-21 to 2024-04-01 HDF4, NetCDF-4 Albedo, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Cloud Base Temperature, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Absorption, Shortwave Radiation 3
FLASHFlux Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 4C 2021-12-21 to 2025-04-01 HDF4, netCDF-4 Albedo, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Cloud Base Temperature, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Absorption, Shortwave Radiation 3
FLASHFlux NOAA-20 Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 1A 2023-12-30 to Present HDF4, netCDF-4 Cloud Base Height, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Temperature, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Downwelling Longwave Radiation, Cloud Amount, Downwelling Shortwave Radiation 3

CERES Instruments Data Tools

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ASDC CERES Search and Subset Tool The CERES Search and Subset web application enables a more sophisticated approach to selecting and ordering CERES global survey standard data by date, time and geolocation. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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