SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4: GOES-17 Southern Hemisphere Cloud and Radiation Data

CER_GEO_Ed4_GOE17_SH_V01.4 comprises hourly cloud micro-physical and radiation properties derived from GOES-17 geostationary satellite imager data. The data is collected by the Advanced Baseline Imager and processed using Langley Research Center SatCORPS algorithms for the CERES project. Observations are at 2 km resolution at nadir and sub-sampled to 6 km, arranged as hourly files in netCDF-4 format.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiant energy budget based on derived radiation properties.
• Analyzing cloud micro-physical evolution based on hourly satellite retrievals.
• Studying Southern Hemisphere cloud properties based on geostationary satellite coverage.
• Comparing atmospheric reanalysis inputs based on the shift from GEOS-5.4.1 to MERRA-2.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the Advanced Baseline Imager on the GOES-17 platform.
• Observations are at 2 km resolution at nadir.
• Version 1.4 uses the GMAO MERRA-2 reanalysis for atmospheric input.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-03-12.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 22:09:56.594914

Geography

Southern Hemisphere