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

Southern Hemisphere observations at 3 km resolution derived from the SEVIRI instrument on the Meteosat-10 geostationary satellite. The dataset comprises hourly cloud micro-physical and radiation properties, processed using Langley Research Center algorithms and version 1.4 uses MERRA-2 reanalysis for atmospheric input. Data is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in netCDF-4 format, with observations sub-sampled to a 6 km grid.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiation budget based on derived cloud and radiation properties.
• Analyzing cloud micro-physical property trends over the Southern Hemisphere.
• Validating atmospheric models using the MERRA-2 reanalysis input data.
• Studying diurnal cycles of cloud properties from hourly geostationary data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a specific, named instrument (SEVIRI on Meteosat-10).
• Observations are at a high spatial resolution of 3 km at nadir.
• Uses a specific, documented atmospheric reanalysis (MERRA-2) for version 1.4.
• Data is structured in a standard scientific format (netCDF-4).

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 geostationary satellite imager data using Langley Research Center SatCORPS algorithms.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 21:41:27.176255; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Hemisphere