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CERES ISCCP-D2like Data Sets

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CERES Data Products | Clouds and TOA/SFC Flux Processing | Processing Level Details

The CERES data products are written in HDF format. (Information on HDF)

For convenience in ordering a specific CERES data product, select the Data Set Name in the table below.

Monthly Cloud Averages (ISCCP-D2like):
3-hourly (GMT based) monthly and monthly 1° gridded regional mean cloud properties as a function of 18 cloud types, similar to the NASA-GISS "ISCCP D2" product.
Select Parameters: Cloud fraction, Effective Pressure, Temperature, optical depth, IWP/LWP, particle size, IR Emissivity in PC/Tau bins similar to ISCCP-D2 product
Documents: Day/Nit Description/Abstract | GGEO Description/Abstract
Spacecraft Data Set Name
(Select name to order)
Data Products
Catalog (PDF)
Sample Software Temporal Coverage
(Monthly)
GGEO CER_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_Composite_Beta1.
Quality Summary ISCCP-D2like Beta1.
DPC_ISCCP-D2like-GEO_R5V1 Readme GEO_R5-682 |
Read Package GEO_R5-682
03/2000 - 10/2005
Terra
(covers opened 02/25/2000)
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Day_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Beta1.
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Day_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Beta1.
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Nit_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Beta1.
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Nit_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Beta1.
Quality Summary ISCCP-D2like Beta1.
DPC_ISCCP-D2like_R5V1 Readme R5-682 |
Read Package R5-682
03/2000 - 08/2007
Aqua
(covers opened 06/18/2002)
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Day_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Beta1.
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Day_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Beta1.
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Nit_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Beta1.
CER_ISCCP-D2like-Nit_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Beta1.
Quality Summary ISCCP-D2like Beta1.
07/2002 - 08/2007

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