SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GOES-17 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.4

Hourly cloud micro-physical and radiation properties derived from GOES-17 geostationary satellite imager data at 2 km nadir resolution, subsampled to 6 km. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration produced this data using the Langley Research Center SatCORPS algorithms, with Version 1.4 incorporating MERRA-2 reanalysis for atmospheric input. Data is arranged as hourly files in netCDF-4 format.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiation budget based on derived cloud and radiation properties.
• Analyzing cloud micro-physical property trends over time from hourly data.
• Validating atmospheric models using satellite-derived cloud retrievals.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the Advanced Baseline Imager on the GOES-17 platform, a known operational satellite.
• Observations are at 2 km resolution at nadir, providing fine spatial detail.
• Hourly temporal resolution supports analysis of diurnal cycles.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the exact temporal coverage of the data.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Derived from GOES-17 geostationary satellite imager data using Langley Research Center SatCORPS algorithms.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 22:09:52.541214; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Hemisphere