SatCORPS CERES GEO: Hourly Cloud and Radiation Properties from Meteosat-11

SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 Meteosat-11 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.4 is a NASA data product providing cloud micro-physical and radiation properties. The data is derived hourly from the SEVIRI instrument on the Meteosat-11 geostationary satellite at 3 km resolution, subsampled to 6 km. This version uses the GMAO MERRA-2 reanalysis for atmospheric input.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiation budget based on derived cloud and radiation properties.
• Analyzing cloud micro-physical property trends based on hourly satellite retrievals.
• Validating atmospheric models based on reanalysis-integrated cloud data.
• Studying diurnal cycles of cloud properties based on hourly geostationary observations.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a specific, documented satellite instrument (SEVIRI on Meteosat-11).
• Provides hourly temporal resolution for analyzing diurnal cycles.
• Offers a spatial resolution of 3 km at nadir, subsampled to 6 km.
• Uses a specific, documented atmospheric reanalysis (GMAO MERRA-2) for input.

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.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 22:08:58.688376; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Hemisphere