SatCORPS CERES GEO Ed4: Hourly Cloud and Radiation Properties from Meteosat-9

Hourly cloud micro-physical and radiation properties derived from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on the Meteosat-9 geostationary satellite. The data set is arranged as files for each hour in netCDF-4 format, with observations at 3 km resolution (at nadir) sub-sampled to 9 km. This product was created by NASA's Langley Research Center (LaRC) 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 hourly cloud and radiation property data.
• Analyzing diurnal cycles of cloud microphysics over the Southern Hemisphere.
• Validating and calibrating climate models based on geostationary satellite-derived fluxes.
• Studying cloud property evolution for atmospheric science based on 3 km resolution imagery.

Strengths

• Data collection is described as complete, providing a finalized record.
• Observations are at a high spatial resolution of 3 km at nadir.
• 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.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Derived from SEVIRI instrument data on the Meteosat-9 platform using Langley Research Center SatCORPS algorithms.

Time Range

Data collection is described as complete, but specific start/end dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 22:02:40.546246; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Hemisphere coverage from the Meteosat-9 geostationary satellite.