CERES ERBE-like Gridded Instantaneous TOA Fluxes Terra Crosstrack Edition4

CERES instruments on the Terra satellite provide radiometric measurements of Earth's atmosphere from three broadband channels. The Edition4 product contains a month of space and time-averaged data, sorted into 2.5-degree spatial regions, with daily and monthly averages for both clear-sky and total-sky scenes. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiation budget based on top-of-atmosphere shortwave and longwave flux measurements
• Analyzing diurnal cycles of atmospheric energy based on hourly average fluxes
• Studying regional climate patterns based on 2.5-degree gridded data
• Comparing clear-sky and total-sky radiative conditions based on scene-specific averages

Strengths

• Data collection is ongoing, providing continuous updates
• Product is derived from CERES Flight Model 1 (FM1) and FM2 instruments on the Terra platform
• Fluxes are averaged across multiple temporal scales (hourly, daily, monthly)
• Provides data for both clear-sky and total-sky scenes

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

Collected using CERES Flight Model 1 (FM1) and FM2 instruments on the Terra satellite platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 03:58:09.105954; freshness should be verified

Geography

Global coverage, sorted by 2.5-degree spatial regions.