CERES CRS Terra FM1 MODIS Edition2F: Cloud and Radiative Swath Data

CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition2F 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 fluxes.
• Studying vertical energy distribution in the atmosphere based on flux profiles at the surface, 500-, 70-, and 1-hPa levels.
• Comparing clear-sky and total-sky radiative conditions based on adjusted fluxes evaluated for both scenarios.

Strengths

• Data collection for this product is complete, indicating a finalized dataset.
• Product is part of the CERES mission, a key component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) program.
• 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 04:03:23.113573; freshness should be verified.