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There is a limitation in our processing code that requires that all five geostationary satellite have the same version. We needed to reprocess data for the Himawari 8 starting in July 2015 that necessitated the change. The overlap period was what was processed before the need was discovered. We are ...

The CERES instruments scans the Earth with a view zenith angle varying from 0 to 65 degrees on each side of the satellite when in cross track mode. There are about 86 footprints on the SSF per scan with separation growing with view zenith angle. The footprints are about 8 km apart at nadir and growi...

The cloud effective height and pressure are values that is obtained strictly from the infrared radiance obtained by the imager. A certain amount of water droplets are needed before the infrared signal becomes strong enough to be detected by a passive instrument such as MODIS or VIIRS. This can be lo...

The second statement is correct, "A phase of 1 indicates all cloud pixels are liquid while a phase of 2 means ice. A phase of 1.5 is a cloud region where half of the MODIS pixels are ice and the other half are liquid." The cloud phase is calculated as below in CERES processing: Cloud Parti...

The Terra and Aqua SRFs remained the same starting with May 2020.

I have attached the Aqua SW SRFs for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

The Terra and Aqua SRFs remained the same starting with May 2020.

I have attached the Aqua TOT SRFs for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

The Terra and Aqua SRFs remained the same starting with May 2020.

I have attached the Terra SW SRFs for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

The Terra and Aqua SRFs remained the same starting with May 2020.

I have attached the Terra TOT SRFs for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Each CERES instrument has their own Spectral Response File. These files are updated monthly except for NOAA-20 FM6. Please provide which instrument and time period you are interested.

SW flux narrowband to broadband conversions are used in the SYN1deg. There is also a solar zenith cutoff of 60 degrees for the SW flux narrowband to broadband conversions being performed, but this does not impact the cloud properties. Where sun glint is identified in the GEO observations, the clouds...