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On Oct 13, 2015

The datasets are stored as hdf files and are organized by processing level and sensor: with Level 1 being full resolution, time and geo-referenced instrument data, Level 2 being the derived geophysical variables, and Level 3 being the variables mapped on a uniform space-time grid.

On Feb 03, 2017 ASDC's CERES Subject Mater Expert (SME) posted The CERES_SYN1deg_Ed3A product provides 3-hourly TOA and surface fluxes at 1x1 deg spatial resolution. It is available at: https://subset.larc.nasa.gov/ceres/login.php In about a month or two, CERES_SYN1deg_Ed4A will be available providi...

On Nov 17, 2015 The-Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) layers are where the first interaction occurs as the radiation from the Sun reaches Earth and then the various atmospheric layers containing gases, clouds, aerosols, and/or other constituents before finally reaching the Surface. Solar radiation is scatter...

On Aug 17, 2017 the DSCOVR Team posted

The angle between EPIC and the Sun on March 9th 2016 is 8.78 degrees. If we see the shadow, we cannot see the moon. Note that the angular size of the Earth is around 0.5 degrees.

On Jul 19, 2017 the DSCOVR Science Team posted

The original per-band images are in the level 1B EPIC products. They need to download the HDF 5 products stored on the ASDC/Earthdata website and use an HDF reader to view the images.

On Nov 10, 2015

An explanation for ISCCP’s file naming convention are available from ISCCP’s Homepage.

http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/docs/NameConv.html

On May 09, 2017 Roger Davies, the author of the study, posted “There is no ‘agenda' in making or interpreting the cloud height observations. The very careful analysis of the observations clearly shows that the short term (i.e. 15 year) record of cloud heights is dominated by El Niño and La Niña flu...

On Mar 08, 2017 Stephen Cox posted

We do account for energy past 4 microns by putting it into the solar output in the last band we use, which is 0.7-4.0 microns. The result for SRB Release 3.0 is a Total Solar Irradiance of 1367 W/m2.

On Jan 06, 2017 Ming Luo posted

TES L3 data are generated when the Global Survey (GS) data are available. See the data calendar on this page, http://tes.jpl.nasa.gov. (/data/datacalendar/). There is no GS data taken post 2012. You should use TES L2 data for the study that you described.

Mary Jane Saddington Yes, there are CERES browse images. You can access them from the CERES website, in the Data Products section: http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/order_data.php . Here are the basic steps: For the data product(s) you are interested in, such as EBAF-TOA for example, click on the Order Da...