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Thank you for raising this question. I’m also interested in knowing whether the MODIS L1A data outage from OB.DAAC and LANCE is related to Terra’s end-of-mission timeline or if this is a temporary service interruption. Any clarification from the team would be appreciated.

This dataset seems very valuable. Can VIIRS Black Marble nighttime light data be used to assess electricity demand patterns or identify potential areas for solar energy planning in developing regions?

This is a helpful question. Accessing and interpreting irradiance datasets can be challenging, especially when comparing different sources or services. In my experience, understanding the specific temporal resolution and processing level is important to ensure the data are used correctly. Clarificat...

This is a very relevant question. CERES documentation is quite detailed, but I agree that some of the hardware-level measurement nuances—especially when comparing ERBE-like monthly geographic averages with newer CERES products—are not always obvious from the public specification sheets alone. In my ...