SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4: Hourly Cloud and Radiation Properties from Meteosat-10

Hourly cloud micro-physical and radiation properties derived from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on the Meteosat-10 geostationary satellite. The data set is arranged as files for each hour in netCDF-4 format, with observations at a 4 km resolution at nadir, sub-sampled to 8 km. This product was created by NASA's Langley Research Center SatCORPS algorithms to support the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) project.

Use Cases

• Modeling the Earth's radiation budget based on derived cloud and radiation properties.
• Analyzing the diurnal cycle of cloud properties over the Northern Hemisphere.
• Validating climate models using hourly geostationary satellite observations.
• Studying cloud micro-physical properties at a 4 km spatial resolution.

Strengths

• Data collection is described as complete, providing a stable record for analysis.
• Observations are at 4 km resolution at nadir, offering detailed spatial information.
• 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.
• Spatial coverage is limited to the Northern Hemisphere viewable by Meteosat-10.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Derived from SEVIRI instrument data on the Meteosat-10 platform using Langley Research Center SatCORPS algorithms.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 22:09:20.953745; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Hemisphere coverage from the Meteosat-10 geostationary position.