CERES CRS Terra FM1 MODIS: Cloud and Radiative Swath Data

CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) Terra FM1 MODIS Edition2B is a satellite data product containing one hour of instantaneous measurements from the CERES-FM1 instrument on the Terra platform. The product includes vertical flux profiles at four atmospheric levels and cloud parameters adjusted for consistency with a radiative transfer model. It was produced by NASA and is part of the Earth Observing System (EOS) program.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiation budget based on broadband radiometric measurements from three channels
• Analyzing cloud radiative forcing based on adjusted cloud parameters and clear-sky/total-sky fluxes
• Studying atmospheric energy transport based on vertical flux profiles at the surface, 500-, 70-, and 1-hPa levels
• Validating radiative transfer models based on consistency-adjusted fluxes and cloud parameters

Strengths

• Data collection for this product is complete, indicating a finalized dataset
• Product contains all data from the CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) product
• Fluxes and cloud parameters are adjusted for consistency with a radiative transfer model

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• 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

Collected using the CERES-FM1 instrument on the Terra satellite platform

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:02:33.111055; freshness should be verified