CERES SYN1deg-Day Terra-NPP: Daily Global Radiative Fluxes and Cloud Properties

Global daily data on top-of-atmosphere, within-atmosphere, and surface radiative fluxes, alongside cloud and aerosol properties, collected by NASA's CERES instruments on Terra and Suomi-NPP satellites. The product integrates measurements from multiple satellite platforms and uses radiative transfer models to compute fluxes for various atmospheric conditions. It provides parameters on a daily temporal resolution and a 1-degree regional spatial scale.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiative energy budget based on computed longwave, shortwave, and window region fluxes.
• Analyzing cloud-aerosol interactions based on MODIS-derived cloud properties and aerosol conditions.
• Studying diurnal variability in atmospheric radiation based on geostationary satellite-enhanced sampling.
• Validating climate models based on CERES-observed temporally interpolated TOA radiative fluxes.

Strengths

• Integrates data from multiple satellite platforms including CERES instruments on Terra and Suomi-NPP.
• Provides computed fluxes for all-sky, clear-sky, pristine, and all-sky without aerosol conditions.
• Offers parameters on a daily temporal resolution and 1-degree regional spatial scales.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data collected using CERES Imaging Radiometers on Geostationary Satellites and instruments on Terra and Suomi-NPP platforms.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:30:35.886489; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global