CERES SSF1deg-Day: Daily Top-of-Atmosphere Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols

CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NPP Edition2A provides daily averages of top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes, cloud, and aerosol properties on a 1-degree latitude-longitude grid. The data is collected by the CERES FM5 and VIIRS instruments aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, a key component of NASA's Earth Observing System program. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

Use Cases

• Model Earth's radiation budget based on daily interpolated TOA fluxes for longwave, shortwave, and window bands.
• Analyze cloud properties stratified into four atmospheric layers and total layers.
• Study aerosol optical properties based on averaged instantaneous values from the co-located imager.
• Validate climate models using temporally interpolated CERES TOA fluxes on a 1-degree grid.

Strengths

• Data is collected by the CERES-Flight Model 5 (FM5) and VIIRS instruments on the Suomi NPP platform.
• TOA fluxes are provided for clear-sky and all-sky conditions across three wavelength bands.
• Cloud properties are averaged for day and night (24-hour) and day-only periods.

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 by CERES-Flight Model 5 (FM5) and Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments on the Suomi NPP satellite.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 03:51:47.167040; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage on a 1-degree latitude and longitude grid.