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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.

Single Scanner Footprint TOA/Surface Fluxes and Clouds (SSF):
One hour of instantaneous CERES data for a single scanner instrument.
Select Parameters: Cloud Properties, TOA Fluxes, Surface (Radiative) Fluxes, Unfiltered Radiances, Filtered Radiances, OLR, Surface Types
Documents: Description/Abstract | Collection Guide (PDF) | Subsetting Instructions.
Spacecraft Data Set Name
(Select name to order)
[subsetting is available]
Data Products
Catalog (PDF or PS)
Sample Software Temporal Coverage
(Hourly)
TRMM
(covers opened 12/27/1997)
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B.
Quality Summary TRMM Edition2B.
DPC_SSF-Ed2_R4V3 Readme edition2a |
Read Package (C).
01/01/1998 - 08/31/1998,
03/01/2000 - 03/31/2000
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2B-TransOps.
Quality Summary TRMM Ed2B-TransOps.
01/19/1999 - 07/17/1999
(Non-continuous hours within this period)
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2A.
Quality Summary TRMM Edition2A.
DPC_SSF_013010 01/01/1998 - 08/31/1998,
03/01/2000 - 03/31/2000
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition2A-TransOps.
Quality Summary TRMM Ed2A-TransOps.
01/01/1999 - 07/17/1999
(Non-continuous hours within this period)
CER_SSF_TRMM-SIM-VIRS_Edition2-VIRSonly.
Quality Summary TRMM Edition2-VIRSonly.
09/01/1998 - 02/29/2000,
04/01/2000 - 07/31/2001
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Edition1.
CER_SSF_TRMM-PFM-VIRS_Subset-Edition1.
Quality Summary TRMM_Edition1.
DPC_SSF_010008 Readme edition1 |
Read Package (C).
01/01/1998 - 08/31/1998,
03/01/2000 - 03/31/2000
Terra
(covers opened 02/25/2000)
CER_SSF_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2F.
CER_SSF_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition2F.
Quality Summary Terra Edition2B.
DPC_SSF-Ed2_R4V3 Readme R4-699 |
Read Package (C).
01/2006, 05/2006 - 07/2007
CER_SSF_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2B.
CER_SSF_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition2B.
Quality Summary Terra Edition2B.
02/25/2000 hour 22 - 08/01/2006
CER_SSF_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition2A.
CER_SSF_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition2A.
Quality Summary Terra Edition2A.
DPC_SSF_R3V4 Readme R3-495 |
Read Package (C).
02/25/2000 hour 22 - 12/31/2003 hour 23
CER_SSF_Terra-FM1-MODIS_Edition1A.
CER_SSF_Terra-FM2-MODIS_Edition1A.
Quality Summary Terra Edition1A.
DPC_SSF_R3V3 Readme R3-358 |
Read Package (C).
03/01/2000 - 08/31/2000,
11/01/2000 - 10/31/2002
Aqua
(covers opened 06/18/2002)
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Ed2C-MOD-C4-Land-IGBP.
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Ed2C-MOD-C4-Land-IGBP.
Quality Summary Aqua Edition2C.
DPC_SSF-Ed2_R4V3 Readme R4-699 |
Read Package (C).
01/01/2004 - 12/31/2005
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition2C.
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Ed2C-NoSW.
Quality Summary Aqua Edition2C.
01/2006, 05/2006 - 08/2007
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition2B.
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition2B.
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Ed2B-NoSW.
Quality Summary Aqua Edition2A.
07/2002 - 04/2006
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition2A.
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition2A.
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Ed2A-NoSW.
Quality Summary Aqua Edition2A.
07/02/2002 hour 15 - 01/01/2006
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM3-MODIS_Edition1B.
CER_SSF_Aqua-FM4-MODIS_Edition1B.
Quality Summary Aqua Edition1B.
07/02/2002 - 03/31/2005

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