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Data from NASA’s Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) measures reflected sunlight and thermal radiation emitted by the Earth. Explore CERES datasets and relevant data tools.
Datasets
CERES Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Data Format | Topic | Processing Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERES-MODIS-VIIRS and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types for day and night. | 2018-05-01 to Present | HDF4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Types, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size | 3 | |
| Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Aqua-FM3-MODIS data in HDF Version 4A | 2018-12-15 to 2023-04-01 | HDF4 | Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Properties, Cloud Radiative Transfer | 2 | |
| Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) data in netCDF | 2022-12-13 to 2024-04-02 | 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 | |
| Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) TERRA-FM1 data in HDF Version 4A | 2017-01-01 to 2024-04-01 | HDF4 | 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) 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 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GMS-5 Full Disk Version 2 | 2000-02-28 to 2003-04-23 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-10 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2000-03-01 to 2007-12-12 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-10 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2000-03-01 to 2007-12-12 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-11 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2006-06-21 to 2011-12-06 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-11 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2006-06-21 to 2011-12-06 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-12 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2003-04-01 to 2010-04-14 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-12 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2003-04-01 to 2010-04-14 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-13 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2008-12-15 to 2017-02-28 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-13 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.2 | 2015-07-01 to 2017-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-13 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2008-12-15 to 2017-02-28 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-13 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.2 | 2015-07-01 to 2017-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Microphysics | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-14 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2012-09-24 to 2013-06-09 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-14 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2012-09-24 to 2013-06-09 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-15 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.0 | 2011-12-06 to 2017-02-28 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 | |
| SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-15 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.2 | 2015-07-01 to 2020-03-01 | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature | 2 |
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