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General CERES References

Wielicki, B. A., B. R. Barkstrom, E. F. Harrison, R. B. Lee III, G. L. Smith, and J. E. Cooper, 1996: Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES): An Earth Observing System Experiment, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 853-868. doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0853:CATERE>2.0.CO;2.

Loeb, N. G., W. Su, D.R. Doelling, T. Wong, P. Minnis, S. Thomas, W.F. Miller, 2016: Earth’s top-of-atmosphere radiation budget, ScienceDirect, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Full PDF Version doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10367-7 .

Data Product References

EBAF

Loeb, N. G., D. R. Doelling, H. Wang, W. Su, C. Nguyen, J. G. Corbett, L. Liang, C. Mitrescu, F. G. Rose, and S. Kato, 2018: Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Edition-4.0 Data Product. J. Climate, 31, 895-918, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0208.1.

Kato, S., F. G. Rose, D. A. Rutan, T. E. Thorsen, N. G. Loeb, D. R. Doelling, X. Huang, W. L. Smith, W. Su, and S.-H. Ham, 2018: Surface irradiances of Edition 4.0 Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) data product, J. Climate, 31, 4501-4527, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0523.1.

SYN1deg

CERES fluxes:

Doelling, D. R., N. G. Loeb, D. F. Keyes, M. L. Nordeen, D. Morstad, C. Nguyen, B. A. Wielicki, D. F. Young, M. Sun, 2013: Geostationary Enhanced Temporal Interpolation for CERES Flux Products, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(6), 1072-1090. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00136.1.

Doelling, D. R., M. Sun, L. T. Nguyen, M. L. Nordeen, C. O. Haney, D. F. Keyes, P. E. Mlynczak, 2016: Advances in Geostationary-Derived Longwave Fluxes for the CERES Synoptic (SYN1deg) Product, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(3), 503-521. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0147.1.

Surface flux data results:

Su, W., T. P. Charlock, and F. G. Rose, 2005: Deriving surface ultraviolet radiation from CERES surface and atmospheric radiation budget: Methodology. J. Geophys. Res., 110(D14209), doi: 10.1029/2005JD005794.

Su, W., T. P. Charlock, F. G. Rose, and D. Rutan, 2007: Photosynthetically active radiation from clouds and the earth’s radiant energy system (CERES) products. J. Geophys. Res., 112(G02022), doi: 10.1029/2006JG000290.

Rutan, D. A., S. Kato, D. R. Doelling, F. G. Rose, L. T. Nguyen, T. E. Caldwell, and N. G. Loeb, 2015: CERES synoptic product: Methodology and validation of surface radiant flux. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32, 1121–1143, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00165.1.

CldTypHist

Doelling, D. R., N. G. Loeb, D. F. Keyes, M. L. Nordeen, D. Morstad, C. Nguyen, B. A. Wielicki, D. F. Young, M. Sun, 2013: Geostationary Enhanced Temporal Interpolation for CERES Flux Products, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(6), 1072-1090. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00136.1.

Doelling, D. R., M. Sun, L. T. Nguyen, M. L. Nordeen, C. O. Haney, D. F. Keyes, P. E. Mlynczak, 2016: Advances in Geostationary-Derived Longwave Fluxes for the CERES Synoptic (SYN1deg) Product, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(3), 503-521. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0147.1.

SSF

Calibration used for the CERES measurements:

Loeb, N. G., N. Manalo-Smith, W. Su, M. Shankar, S. Thomas, 2016: CERES Top-of-Atmosphere Earth Radiation Budget Climate Data Record: Accounting for in-Orbit Changes in Instrument Calibration, Remote Sens., 8, 182, doi: 10.3390/rs8030182.

Cloud results:

Trepte, Q. Z., P. Minnis, S. Sun-Mack, C. R. Yost, Y. Chen, Z. Jin, F.-L. Chang, W. L. Smith, Jr., K. M. Bedka, and T. L. Chee, 2019: Global cloud detection for CERES Edition 4 using Terra and Aqua MODIS data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 57, 9410-9449, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2926620.

Minnis, P., S. Sun-Mack, C. R. Yost, Y. Chen, W. L. Smith, Jr., F.-L. Chang, P. W. Heck, R. F. Arduini, Q. Z. Trepte, K. Ayers, K. Bedka, S. Bedka, R. R. Brown, E. Heckert, G. Hong, Z. Jin, R. Palikonda, R. Smith, B. Scarino, D. A. Spangenberg, P. Yang, Y. Xie, and Y. Yi, 2021: CERES MODIS cloud product retrievals for Edition 4, Part I: Algorithm changes. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 59, 2744-2780, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2020.3008866.

Yost, C., P. Minnis, S. Sun-Mack, Y. Chen, and W. L. Smith, Jr., 2021: CERES MODIS cloud product retrievals for Edition 4, Part II: Comparisons to CloudSat and CALIPSO. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 59, 3695-3724, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2020.3015155.

Minnis, P., S. Sun-Mack, W. L. Smith, Jr., Q. Z. Trepte, Y. Chen, C. R. Yost, G. Hong, F.-L. Chang, R. A. Smith, P. W. Heck, and P. Yang, 2023: VIIRS Edition 1 cloud properties for CERES, Part 1: Algorithm and results. Remote Sens., 15, 578. doi: 10.3390/rs15030578.

Yost, C. R., P. Minnis, S. Sun-Mack, W. L. Smith, Jr., Q. Z. Trepte, and Y. Chen, 2023: VIIRS Edition 1 cloud properties for CERES. Part 2: Evaluation with CALIPSO. Remote Sens., 15, 1349, doi: 10.3390/rs15051349.

CERES fluxes:

Su, W., J. Corbett, Z. A. Eitzen, and L. Liang, 2015: Next-generation angular distribution models for top-of- atmosphere radiative flux calculation from the CERES instruments: Methodology. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8:611–632, doi: 10.5194/amt-8-611-2015.

Su, W., J. Corbett, Z. A. Eitzen, and L. Liang, 2015: Next-generation angular distribution models for top-of- atmosphere radiative flux calculation from the CERES instruments: Validation. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8:3297–3313, doi: 10.5194/amt-8-3297-2015.

Surface flux data results:

Kratz, D. P., S. K. Gupta, A. C. Wilber, and V. E. Sothcott, 2020: Validation of the CERES Edition-4A Surface-Only Flux Algorithms, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 59(2), 281-295, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0068.1.

CRS

Scott, R. C., F. G. Rose, P. W. Stackhouse, N. G. Loeb, S. Kato, D. R. Doelling, D. A. Rutan, P. C. Taylor, W. L. Smith, 2022: Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Cloud Radiative Swath (CRS) Edition 4 Data Product. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39(11), 1781-1797. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0021.1.

SSF1deg

Doelling, D. R., N. G. Loeb, D. F. Keyes, M. L. Nordeen, D. Morstad, C. Nguyen, B. A. Wielicki, D. F. Young, M. Sun, 2013: Geostationary Enhanced Temporal Interpolation for CERES Flux Products, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(6), 1072-1090. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00136.1.

Doelling, D. R., M. Sun, L. T. Nguyen, M. L. Nordeen, C. O. Haney, D. F. Keyes, P. E. Mlynczak, 2016: Advances in Geostationary-Derived Longwave Fluxes for the CERES Synoptic (SYN1deg) Product, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(3), 503-521. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0147.1.

FluxByCldTyp

Sun, M., D. R. Doelling, N. G. Loeb, R. C. Scott, J. Wilkins, L. T. Nguyen, P. Mlynczak, 2022: Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) FluxByCldTyp Edition 4 Data Product, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39(3), 303-318. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0029.1.

FLASH SSF

Kratz, D. P., P. W. Stackhouse, Jr., S. K. Gupta, A. C. Wilber, P. Sawaengphokhai, and G. R. McGarragh, 2014: The Fast Longwave and Shortwave Flux (FLASHFlux) data product: Single Scanner Footprint Fluxes, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 53, 1059-1079. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-061.1.

Kratz, D. P., S. K. Gupta, A. C. Wilber, and V. E. Sothcott, 2020: Validation of the CERES Edition-4A Surface-Only Flux Algorithms, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 59(2), 281-295, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0068.1.

Stackhouse, P. W., D. P. Kratz, G. R. McGarragh, S. K. Gupta, and E. B. Geier, 2006: Fast Longwave and Shortwave Radiative Flux (FLASHFlux) Products From CERES and MODIS Measurements. 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, American Meteorological Society, Madison, Wisconsin, 10-14 July 2006.

FLASH1deg

Stackhouse, P. W., D. P. Kratz, G. R. McGarragh, S. K. Gupta, and E. B. Geier, 2006: Fast Longwave and Shortwave Radiative Flux (FLASHFlux) Products From CERES and MODIS Measurements. 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, American Meteorological Society, Madison, Wisconsin, 10-14 July 2006.

CCCM (C3M)

Kato, S., Rose, F. G., Sun‐Mack, S., Miller, W. F., Chen, Y., Rutan, D. A., et al. (2011). Improvements of top‐of‐atmosphere and surface irradiance computations with CALIPSO, CloudSat, and MODIS derived cloud and aerosol properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D19209. doi: 10.1029/2011JD16050.

Kato, S., Sun‐Mack, S., Miller, W. F., Rose, F. G., Chen, Y., Minnis, P., & Wielicki, B. A. (2010). Relationships among cloud occurrence frequency, overlap, and effective thickness derived from CALIPSO and CloudSat merged cloud vertical profiles. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D00H28. doi: 10.1029/2009JD012277.

Data Quality Summaries

This is a collection of all CERES Data Quality Summaries links/pages.

Level 3B

Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes where the net flux has been energy balanced.

Data Product Satellite Edition
( – Supplementary)
Version File Format Posted
EBAF Terra+Aqua Edition4.2 V3 PDF 5/3/2024

Level 3

Spatially (regional, global, etc.) and temporally (daily, monthly, etc) averaged fluxes and clouds.

Data Product Satellite Edition
( – Supplementary)
Version File Format Posted
SSF1deg Aqua / Terra / NPP Edition4A V1 PDF 8/17/2021
CRS1deg Aqua / Terra Edition4A V1 PDF 3/15/2024
SYN1deg Terra+Aqua+GEO
Terra+NPP+GEO
 
 
Edition4A
Edition1A
– SYN1deg-Surface
– SYN1deg-TOA
V0
V0
V0
V0
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
4/8/2021
4/8/2021
4/8/2021
4/8/2021
FluxByCldTyp Terra+Aqua+GEO Edition4A V2 PDF 2/3/2022
CldTypHist Terra+Aqua+GEO Edition4A V2 PDF 5/10/2024
FLASH-TISA Terra+Aqua Version3C V0 PDF 12/24/2020
ES4 Terra+Aqua Edition4A V0 PDF 12/24/2020
NPP Edition2 V0 PDF 4/11/2022
ES9 Terra+Aqua Edition4A V0 PDF 12/24/2020
NPP Edition2 V0 PDF 4/11/2022

Level 2

CERES instantaneous footprint level (20km nominal) fluxes and cloud properties.

Data Product Satellite Edition Version File Format Posted
SSF Aqua / Terra Edition4A
– SSF-Aerosol_Properties
– SSF-Cloud_Properties
– SSF-Spatial_Match
– SSF-Surface
– SSF-TOA
V0
V0
V0
V0
V0
V0
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
NPP Edition2A
– SSF-Cloud_Properties
– SSF-Spatial_Match
– SSF-Surface
– SSF-TOA
V0
V0
V0
V0
V0
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
3/29/2022
3/29/2022
3/29/2022
3/29/2022
3/29/2022
NOAA-20 Edition1B
– SSF-Cloud_Properties
– SSF-Spatial_Match
– SSF-Surface
– SSF-TOA
V0
V0
V0
V0
V0
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
PDF
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
3/11/2022
CRS Aqua / Terra Edition4A V1 PDF 5/3/2023
CCCM Aqua ReleaseD1 V0 PDF 9/30/2021
FLASH-SSF Aqua / Terra Version4A V1 PDF 9/12/2023
ES8 Aqua Edition4 V0 PDF 12/24/2020
Terra Edition4 V0 PDF 12/24/2020
NPP Edition2 V0 PDF 4/11/2022

Level 1B

Instantaneous footprint level (20km) CERES ephemeris and instrument level data.

Data Product Satellite Edition File Format Posted
BDS Aqua Edition4 PDF 12/24/2020
Terra Edition4 PDF 12/24/2020
NPP Edition2 PDF 2/23/2022
NOAA20 Edition1 PDF 2/23/2022

Data Products Catalog

This is a collection of the MOST RECENT Data Products Catalog (DPC) pages. Users who have ordered data should ALWAYS refer to the DPC pages that are provided with their data set. The DPC section for other specific data sets can be found on the CERES Data Products Catalog Page. Contact the CERES Documentation Team if older versions of DPC sections are needed.

CERES Data Flow Diagrams

HDF Primary (Archival) Products Available at LaRC

Primary output products which are permanently stored by the Atmopheric Science Data Center (ASDC), are formatted in HDF or HDF-EOS format, and are available for distribution to the scientific community

Edition4

Working Group Product Code Product Title File Format Updated
Instrument BDS Bidirectional Scans PDF 01/15/2019
ERBE-like ES8 ERBE-like Instantaneous TOA Estimates PDF 11/19/2013
ES9 ERBE-like Monthly Regional Averages PDF 11/19/2013
ES4 ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages PDF 11/19/2013
Clouds and Radiation SSF Edition4 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds PDF 03/28/2014
SARB CCCM CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS Merged Product PDF 09/30/2021
TISA Gridding CldTypHist Edition4A CldTypHist PDF 11/03/2021
TISA Averaging SSF1deg-Day Edition4A SSF1deg-Day PDF 10/04/2018
SSF1deg-Month Edition4A SSF1deg-Month PDF 10/04/2018
SYN1deg-1Hour Edition4A SYN1deg-1Hour PDF 11/02/2021
SYN1deg-3Hour Edition4A SYN1deg-3Hour PDF 10/28/2021
SYN1deg-Day Edition4A SYN1deg-Day PDF 10/19/2021
SYN1deg-MHour Edition4A SYN1deg-MHour PDF 11/02/2021
SYN1deg-Month Edition4A SYN1deg-Month PDF 09/09/2021
FluxByCldTyp FluxByCldTyp-Day Edition4A FluxByCldTyp-Day PDF 03/29/2022
FluxByCldTyp-Month Edition4A FluxByCldTyp-Month PDF 03/29/2022

Internal and External Ancillary

Internal Products

Output products which are stored by ASDC and are not available for distribution

Working Group Product Code Product Title File Format Updated
Instrument INSTR Instrument Production Data Set PDF 06/20/2014
IES Instrument Earth Scans PDF 08/28/2019
ERBE-like EID-6 ERBE-like Regional Data PDF 06/20/2014
Clouds CRH Clear Reflectance History PDF 06/20/2014
SARB Synoptic SYNI Synoptic Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Intermediate PDF 06/20/2014
TISA GGEO Gridded GEO Narrowband Radiances PDF 09/12/2019
TISA Averaging TSI TSI Product PDF 09/12/2019
SARB MOA Meteorological, Ozone, and Aerosol Data PDF 06/20/2014

External Ancillary Products

Input products which contain non-CERES data needed to interpret the CERES measurements and are not available for distribution

Working Group Product Code Product Title File Format Updated
Clouds CID_VIRS VIRS Cloud Imager Data PDF 09/12/2019
CID_MODIS MODIS Cloud Imager Data PDF 09/12/2019
CID_VIIRS (VIMD) VIIRS Cloud Imager Data PDF 09/12/2019
SURFMAP Surface Map PDF 06/20/2014
TISA GEO Geostationary Narrowband Radiances PDF 06/20/2014
SARB APD Aerosol Data PDF 06/20/2014
GAP Gridded Analysis Product PDF 06/20/2014
MWH Microwave Humidity PDF 06/20/2014
OPD Ozone Profile Data PDF 06/20/2014

CERES Collection Guides

Working
Group
Product
Code
Collection Guide File Format Updated
Instrument BDS Bidirectional Scans PDF 01/30/2019
ERBE-like ES8 ERBE-like Instantaneous TOA PDF 06/19/2013
ES9 ERBE-like Monthly Regional Averages PDF 06/19/2013
ES4 ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages PDF 06/19/2013
Clouds and
Radiation
SSF Single Scanner Footprint, TOA and Surface Flux, Clouds PDF 06/19/2013
SARB CCCM CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS Merged Product Variable Descriptions PDF 02/06/2014

CERES Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents

CERES Data Flow Diagrams

Subsystem
Number
Subsystem Title Release
Version
Document
Date
File
Format
Updated
0.0 CERES System Objective and Architecture 2.1 08/16/1996 PDF 08/16/1996
0.0 CERES Algorithm Overview 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 06/16/1997
1.0 Instrument Geolocate and Calibrate Earth Radiances 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 06/16/1997
2.0 ERBE-like Inversion to Instantaneous TOA Fluxes 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 07/09/1997
3.0 ERBE-like Averaging to Monthly TOA Fluxes 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/30/1997
4.0 Overview of Cloud Retrieval and Radiative Flux Inversion 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 07/25/1997
4.1 Imager Clear-Sky Determination and Cloud Detection 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 06/02/1997
4.2 Imager Cloud Height Determination 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 06/16/1997
4.3 Cloud Optical Property Retrieval 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 07/09/1997
4.4 Convolution of Imager Cloud Properties with CERES Footprint point Spread Function 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 07/09/1997
4.5 CERES Inversion to Instantaneous TOA Fluxes 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 07/16/1997
4.6.0 Empirical Estimates of Shortwave and Longwave Surface Radiation Budget Involving CERES Measurements 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/29/1997
4.6.1 Estimate of Shortwave Surface Radiation Budget From CERES 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/29/1997
4.6.2 Estimate of Longwave Surface Radiation Budget From CERES 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/29/1997
4.6.3 An Algorithm for Longwave Surface Radiation Budget for Total Skies 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/29/1997
5.0 Compute Surface and Atmospheric Fluxes 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 06/03/1997
6.0 Grid Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds and Compute Spatial Averages 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/30/1997
7.0 Time Interpolation and Synoptic Flux Computation for Single and Multiple Satellites 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/30/1997
8.0 Monthly Regional, Zonal, and Global Raadiation Fluxes and Cloud Properties 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/30/1997
9.0 Grid TOA and Surface Fluxes for Instantaneous Surface Product 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/30/1997
10.0 Monthly Regional TOA and Surface Radiation Budget 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/30/1997
11.0 Grid Geostationary Narrowband Radiances 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 06/02/1997
12.0 Regrid Humidity and Temperature Fields 2.2 06/02/1997 PDF 05/30/1997

Historical Documents

Historical Data Quality Summaries

Level 3B

Data Product Satellite Edition Version File Format
EBAF Terra+Aqua Edition4.2 V2 PDF
V1 PDF
Edition4.1 V3 PDF
V2 PDF
V1 PDF
EBAF-Surface Terra+Aqua Edition4.1 V1 PDF
Edition4.0 V0 PDF
Edition2.8 V0 PDF
Edition2.7 V0 PDF
Edition2.6r V0 PDF
EBAF-TOA Terra+Aqua Edition4.0 V0 PDF
Edition2.8 V0 PDF
Edition2.7 V0 PDF
Edition2.6r V0 PDF
Edition2.6 V0 PDF
Edition2.5 V0 PDF

Level 3

Data Product Satellite Edition File Format
SYN1deg Terra+Aqua+GEO Edition3A PDF
Terra+NPP+GEO Edition1A PDF
SSF1deg-lite Aqua / Terra Edition2.7 PDF
Edition2.6 PDF
SYN1deg-lite Terra+Aqua+GEO Edition2.6 PDF
ISCCP-D2like-Day ISCCP-D2like-Nit Aqua / Terra Edition3A PDF
ISCCP-D2like-GEO GEO Edition3A PDF
ISCCP-D2like-Mrg Aqua / Terra / GEO Edition3A PDF
SYN AVG ZAVG Aqua Edition2B PDF
Terra Edition2C PDF
SRBAVG Aqua Edition2A PDF
Terra Edition2D PDF
Edition2C PDF
TRMM Edition2B PDF
FSW Aqua Edition2C Edition2B Edition2A PDF
Terra Edition2G Edition2F Edition2C PDF
TRMM Edition2C PDF
SFC Aqua Edition3A PDF
Edition2D Edition2C Edition2B Edition2A PDF
Edition1B PDF
Terra Edition3A PDF
Edition2G Edition2F Edition2C Edition2B Edition2A PDF
TRMM Edition2B PDF
FLASH-TISA Terra+Aqua Version3C PDF
Version3 PDF
Version2 PDF
ES4 Aqua Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
Terra Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
NPP Edition1 PDF
TRMM Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
ES9 Aqua Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
Terra Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
NPP Edition1 PDF
TRMM Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF

Level 2

Data Product Satellite Edition File Format
CRS Aqua Edition2C PDF
Edition2B PDF
Edition2A PDF
Terra Edition2G PDF
Edition2F PDF
Edition2B PDF
Edition2A PDF
TRMM Edition2C PDF
SSF Aqua Edition3A PDF
Edition2D Ed2D-NoSW Edition2C Ed2C-NoSW Ed2C-MOD-C4-Land-IGBP PDF
Edition2B Edition2A PDF
Edition1B PDF
Terra Edition3A PDF
Edition2G Edition2F Edition2B PDF
Edition2A PDF
Edition1A PDF
TRMM Edition2B PDF
Edition2B_TransOps PDF
Edition2A PDF
Edition2A_TransOps PDF
Edition2-VIRSonly PDF
Edition1A PDF
CCCM Aqua ReleaseB PDF
ReleaseA PDF
FLASH-SSF Aqua / Terra Version3C PDF
Version3 PDF
Version2 PDF
ES8 NPP Edition1 PDF
Aqua Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
Terra Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
TRMM Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
Transient-Ops2 PDF

Level 1B

Data Product Satellite Edition File Format
BDS NPP Edition1 PDF
Edition1-CV PDF
Aqua Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
Terra Edition3 PDF
Edition2 PDF
Edition1 PDF
TRMM Edition1 PDF

Historical Data Products Catalog

Edition3

Working Group Product Code Product Title File Format Updated
Instrument BDS Bidirectional Scans PDF 01/15/2019
ERBE-like ES8 ERBE-like Instantaneous TOA Estimates PDF 11/19/2013
ES9 ERBE-like Monthly Regional Averages PDF 11/19/2013
ES4 ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages PDF 11/19/2013
Clouds and Radiation SSF Edition3 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/11/2013
TISA Gridding SFC Monthly Gridded TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/05/2013
ISCCP-D2like Day/Nit Monthly Gridded Cloud Averages PDF 11/27/2013
ISCCP-D2like Mrg Monthly Cloud Averages PDF 11/27/2013
TISA Averaging SSF1deg-Day Edition3A SSF1deg-Day PDF 10/04/2018
SSF1deg-Month Edition3A SSF1deg-Month PDF 10/04/2018
SYN1deg-3Hour Edition3A SYN1deg-3Hour PDF 12/04/2013
SYN1deg-M3Hour Edition3A SYN1deg-M3Hour PDF 12/04/2013
SYN1deg-Month Edition3A SYN1deg-Month PDF 12/04/2013
TISA GGEO ISCCP-D2like GEO Monthly Cloud Averages PDF 11/27/2013

Edition2

Working Group Product Code Product Title File Format Updated
Instrument BDS Bidirectional Scans PDF 01/15/2019
ERBE-like ES8 ERBE-like Instantaneous TOA Estimates PDF 11/19/2013
ES9 ERBE-like Monthly Regional Averages PDF 11/19/2013
ES4 ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages PDF 11/19/2013
Clouds and Radiation SSF Edition3 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/11/2013
SARB CRS Clouds and Radiative Swath PDF 06/20/2014
TISA Gridding FSW Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/05/2013
SFC Monthly Gridded TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/05/2013
ISCCP-D2like Day/Nit Monthly Gridded Cloud Averages PDF 11/27/2013
ISCCP-D2like Mrg Monthly Cloud Averages PDF 11/27/2013
TISA Averaging SYN Synoptic Radiative Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/05/2013
AVG Monthly Regional Radiative Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/05/2013
ZAVG Monthly Zonal and Global Radiative Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/05/2013
SRBAVG Monthly TOA/Surface Averages PDF 06/05/2013
SSF1deg-Day-lite Edition2.6 SSF1deg-Day-lite PDF 06/05/2013
SSF1deg-Month-lite Edition2.6 SSF1deg-Month-lite PDF 06/05/2013
SYN1deg-Day-lite Edition2.6 SYN1deg-Day-lite PDF 06/05/2013
SYN1deg-Month-lite Edition2.6 SYN1deg-Month-lite PDF 06/05/2013
TISA GGEO ISCCP-D2like GEO Monthly Cloud Averages PDF 11/27/2013

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Working Group Product Code Product Title File Format Updated
Instrument BDS Bidirectional Scans PDF 01/15/2019
ERBE-like ES8 ERBE-like Instantaneous TOA Estimates PDF 11/19/2013
ES9 ERBE-like Monthly Regional Averages PDF 11/19/2013
ES4 ERBE-like Monthly Geographical Averages PDF 11/19/2013
Clouds and Radiation SSF Edition3 Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds PDF 06/11/2013