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Data collected by NASA’s Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) are integral for efforts to study Earth's radiation budget, among other investigations. Explore CERES datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

CERES Instruments Datasets

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CER_BDS_Terra-FM2_Edition4 2000-03-01 to 2025-01-10 HDF4 Shortwave Radiation, Visible Radiance, Longwave Radiation, Sensor Counts, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance 1B
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra Edition4A 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Properties, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua Edition4A 2002-07-01 to Present HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Properties, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-NOAA20 Edition4A 2022-04-01 to Present HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 3-Hourly Terra Edition4A 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 3-Hourly Terra-Aqua Edition4A 2002-07-01 to Present HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation 3
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols One-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size 3
CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM1 2000-04-12 to 2004-11-02 HDF4 Albedo, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Humidity, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Winds, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Skin Temperature, Emissivity, Emissivity, Net Radiation, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature 2
CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM2 2000-04-12 to 2005-02-28 HDF4 Albedo, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Humidity, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Winds, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Skin Temperature, Emissivity, Emissivity, Net Radiation, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature 2
CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release D1 2006-07-01 to 2011-04-30 HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Emissivity, Emissivity, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Surface Winds, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Total Precipitable Water, Humidity, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation 2
CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release D2 2006-07-01 to 2017-12-31 HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Emissivity, Emissivity, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Surface Winds, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Total Precipitable Water, Humidity, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation 2
CERES BDS Terra FM1 Edition 4 2000-02-29 HDF4 Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance, Sensor Counts, SINK TEMPERATURE 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM3 Edition1-CV 2002-06-17 to Present HDF4 Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Net Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM3 Edition4 2002-06-18 to Present HDF4 Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Sensor Counts, SENSOR COUNTS, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM4 Edition1-CV 2002-06-17 to 2005-03-30 HDF4 Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM4 Edition4 2002-06-18 to 2005-03-29 HDF4 Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Sensor Counts, SENSOR COUNTS, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans JPSS-1 FM6 Edition1 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4 Atmospheric Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Longwave Radiation, Infrared Radiance, Shortwave Radiation, Visible Radiance 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans JPSS-1 FM6 Edition1-CV 2018-01-05 to Present HDF4 Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Net Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans NPP FM5 Edition1-CV 2012-01-26 to Present HDF4 Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans NPP FM-5 Edition2 2012-01-27 to Present HDF4 Atmospheric Radiation, Sensor Counts, Infrared Wavelengths, Visible Wavelengths, SENSOR COUNTS, Visible Radiance, Sensor Characteristics, SINK TEMPERATURE, Longwave Radiation, Infrared Radiance, Shortwave Radiation 1B
CERES Bidirectional Scans Terra FM1 Edition1-CV 2000-02-25 to Present HDF4 Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 1B
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CERES Instruments Data Tools

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ASDC CERES Search and Subset Tool The CERES Search and Subset web application enables a more sophisticated approach to selecting and ordering CERES global survey standard data by date, time and geolocation. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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