SatCORPS CERES GEO: Hourly Cloud and Radiation Properties from Meteosat-8

CER_GEO_Ed4_MET08_NH_V01.4 is a data product from NASA's SatCORPS and CERES projects. It comprises hourly cloud microphysical and radiation properties derived from the SEVIRI instrument on the Meteosat-8 geostationary satellite. The data is provided at a 3 km nadir resolution, sub-sampled to 6 km, and uses the MERRA-2 reanalysis for atmospheric input.

Use Cases

• Modeling Earth's radiation budget based on derived cloud and radiation properties.
• Analyzing diurnal cycles of cloud microphysics from hourly geostationary observations.
• Validating climate models using high-resolution (3 km) satellite-retrieved cloud data.
• Studying atmospheric energy flows using the integrated cloud and radiation dataset.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a well-documented satellite instrument (SEVIRI) and uses the MERRA-2 reanalysis for atmospheric input.
• Observations are provided at a high spatial resolution of 3 km at nadir.
• The dataset is organized into hourly files, enabling fine temporal analysis.

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 dataset.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) SatCORPS algorithms.

Collection Method

Derived from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on the Meteosat-8 geostationary satellite.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 21:41:07.734419; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Hemisphere.