Dataset Information

creator_url: https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov
creator_type: group
creator_email: LaRC-CERES-Help@mail.nasa.gov
creator_institution: NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) Science Directorate
institution: NASA Langley Research Center
program: Earth Radiation Budget Measurement
project: Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES)
Conventions: ACDD-1.3, CF-1.7
ceres_production_cluster: ami-p.larc.nasa.gov
data_center_short_name: NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
data_center_long_name: Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
ceres_library_version: 20231211
ceres_toolkit_version: 2.20v1.00
ceres_metadata_version: 1.3.1
date_created: 2026-01-13T16:39:17Z
ceres_production_host: be08.cluster.net
ceres_hdf5_version: 1.8.19
ceres_netcdf_version: 4.6.2 of Nov 29 2018 15:02:48 $
ceres_production_host_byteorder: little-endian
ceres_input_file_list: //CERES_prd/CERES/SORCE/sorce_tsi_v15.txt.20251231
ceres_pge_name: CER9.0P5
ceres_pge_version: 2584
ceres_subsystem: TISA Gridding
creator_name: David Doelling
title: CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A
ShortName: CMFBCT1B
summary: The CERES FluxByCldTyp Edition4A product provides the monthly and daily average daytime CERES fluxes and CERES-MODIS cloud properties that have been spatially gridded into 1°-regions along both the Terra and Aqua ground tracks where the TOA fluxes and cloud properties have been stratified by six cloud optical depth bins and seven cloud effective pressure layers. The CERES FluxByCldTyp Edition4A product uses SSF Edition4A footprint data as input. Within each footprint, all 1-km pixel-level MODIS-retrieved cloud properties are stratified into three possible sub-footprint components: two cloud layers and a clear portion. For each sub-footprint component, the MODIS channel radiances are converted to broadband (BB) radiances. The CERES angular directional models are then applied to obtain BB fluxes. Each of the CERES sub-footprint cloud layers and associated fluxes are assigned to one of the 42 cloud types, similarly to the stratification process in the CERES CldTypHist product. FluxByCldTyp is a gridded daytime-only product with global extent.
doi: 10.5067/NOAA20/CERES/FLUXBYCLDTYP-MONTH_L3.001B
references: https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/
ceres_sampling_strategy: NOAA20-VIIRS
ceres_configuration_code: 103103
product_version: Edition1C
processing_level: Level 3: Variables mapped on uniform space-time grid scales, usually with some completeness and consistency.
time_coverage_start: 2025-11-01T00:00:00Z
time_coverage_end: 2025-11-30T23:59:59Z
geospatial_lat_units: degrees_north
geospatial_lat_min: -90.000000000000000
geospatial_lat_max: 90.000000000000000
geospatial_lon_units: degrees_east
geospatial_lon_min: -180.00000000000000
geospatial_lon_max: 180.00000000000000
instrument: FM6
platform: NOAA20
sensor: CERES
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Variables in this Dataset

Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_iwp: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Ice Water Path (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval)
units: g m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 10000.00000
origname: fbct_cld_iwp
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_iwp
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_eff_press: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Effective Pressure
units: hPa
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1100.000000
origname: fbct_cld_eff_press
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_eff_press
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_ir_emiss: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Infrared Emissivity
valid_range: 0.000000000, 2.000000000
origname: fbct_cld_ir_emiss
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_ir_emiss
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_liq_radius: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Liquid Particle Radius (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval)
units: micron
valid_range: 0.000000000, 40.00000000
origname: fbct_cld_liq_radius
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_liq_radius
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_eff_temp: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Effective Temperature
units: K
valid_range: 100.0000000, 350.0000000
origname: fbct_cld_eff_temp
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_eff_temp
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_amount_ice: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Amount - Ice
units: %
valid_range: 0.000000000, 100.0000000
origname: fbct_cld_amount_ice
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_amount_ice
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_ice_radius: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Ice Particle General Effective Radius (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval)
units: micron
valid_range: 0.000000000, 300.0000000
origname: fbct_cld_ice_radius
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_ice_radius
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_lwp: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Liquid Water Path (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval)
units: g m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 10000.00000
origname: fbct_cld_lwp
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_lwp
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_amount: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Amount - Total
units: %
valid_range: 0.000000000, 100.0000000
origname: fbct_cld_amount
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_amount
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_amount_liq: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Amount - Liquid
units: %
valid_range: 0.000000000, 100.0000000
origname: fbct_cld_amount_liq
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_amount_liq
Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_cld_od: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp Cloud Visible Optical Depth (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval)
valid_range: 0.000000000, 400.0000000
origname: fbct_cld_od
fullnamepath: /Cloud_Properties_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_cld_od
Regional_Information_num_daily_obs: Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 2147483647
long_name: Number of Daily Observations
valid_range: 0, 31
origname: num_daily_obs
fullnamepath: /Regional_Information/num_daily_obs
Regional_Information_num_lw_obs: Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 2147483647
long_name: Number of Cloudy-Sky LW Flux Observations
valid_range: 0, 744
origname: num_lw_obs
fullnamepath: /Regional_Information/num_lw_obs
Regional_Information_num_sw_obs: Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 2147483647
long_name: Number of Cloudy-Sky SW Flux Observations
valid_range: 0, 744
origname: num_sw_obs
fullnamepath: /Regional_Information/num_sw_obs
Regional_Information_num_clr_lw_obs: Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 2147483647
long_name: Number of Clear-Sky LW Flux Observations
valid_range: 0, 744
origname: num_clr_lw_obs
fullnamepath: /Regional_Information/num_clr_lw_obs
Regional_Information_sza: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Solar Zenith Angle
units: degree
valid_range: 0.000000000, 82.00000000
origname: sza
fullnamepath: /Regional_Information/sza
Regional_Information_num_clr_sw_obs: Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 2147483647
long_name: Number of Clear-Sky SW Flux Observations
valid_range: 0, 744
origname: num_clr_sw_obs
fullnamepath: /Regional_Information/num_clr_sw_obs
press_bounds: Array of 32 bit Reals [bounds = 0..1][press_layer = 0..6]
origname: press_bounds
fullnamepath: /press_bounds
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_ir_emiss: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Infrared Emissivity from FluxByCldTyp
valid_range: 0.000000000, 2.000000000
origname: cldtot_ir_emiss
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_ir_emiss
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_eff_temp: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Effective Temperature from FluxByCldTyp
units: K
valid_range: 100.0000000, 350.0000000
origname: cldtot_eff_temp
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_eff_temp
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_ice_radius: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Ice Particle General Effective Radius (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval) from FluxByCldTyp
units: micron
valid_range: 0.000000000, 300.0000000
origname: cldtot_ice_radius
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_ice_radius
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_lwp: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Liquid Water Path (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval) from FluxByCldTyp
units: g m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 10000.00000
origname: cldtot_lwp
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_lwp
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_liq_radius: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Liquid Particle Radius (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval) from FluxByCldTyp
units: micron
valid_range: 0.000000000, 40.00000000
origname: cldtot_liq_radius
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_liq_radius
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_od: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Visible Optical Depth (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval) from FluxByCldTyp
valid_range: 0.000000000, 400.0000000
origname: cldtot_od
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_od
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_amount: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Amount from FluxByCldTyp
units: %
valid_range: 0.000000000, 100.0000000
origname: cldtot_amount
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_amount
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_iwp: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Ice Water Path (from 3.7 um particle size retrieval) from FluxByCldTyp
units: g m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 10000.00000
origname: cldtot_iwp
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_iwp
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_amount_ice: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Amount - Ice - from FluxByCldTyp
units: %
valid_range: 0.000000000, 100.0000000
origname: cldtot_amount_ice
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_amount_ice
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_eff_press: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Effective Pressure from FluxByCldTyp
units: hPa
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1100.000000
origname: cldtot_eff_press
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_eff_press
FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties_cldtot_amount_liq: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Total Cloud Amount - Liquid - from FluxByCldTyp
units: %
valid_range: 0.000000000, 100.0000000
origname: cldtot_amount_liq
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_Cloud_Properties/cldtot_amount_liq
Fluxes_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_toa_sw: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp TOA SW Flux
units: W m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1450.000000
origname: fbct_toa_sw
fullnamepath: /Fluxes_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_toa_sw
Fluxes_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_toa_lw: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp TOA LW Flux
units: W m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 600.0000000
origname: fbct_toa_lw
fullnamepath: /Fluxes_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_toa_lw
Fluxes_for_42_Cloud_Types_fbct_toa_alb: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5][press_layer = 0..6][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: FluxByCldTyp TOA Albedo
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1.000000000
origname: fbct_toa_alb
fullnamepath: /Fluxes_for_42_Cloud_Types/fbct_toa_alb
FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes_clr_toa_lw: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Clear-Sky TOA LW Flux from FluxByCldTyp
units: W m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 600.0000000
origname: clr_toa_lw
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes/clr_toa_lw
FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes_clr_toa_alb: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Clear-Sky TOA Albedo from FluxByCldTyp
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1.000000000
origname: clr_toa_alb
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes/clr_toa_alb
FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes_all_toa_sw: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: All-Sky TOA SW Flux from FluxByCldTyp
units: W m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1450.000000
origname: all_toa_sw
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes/all_toa_sw
FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes_all_toa_lw: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: All-Sky TOA LW Flux from FluxByCldTyp
units: W m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 600.0000000
origname: all_toa_lw
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes/all_toa_lw
FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes_clr_toa_sw: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: Clear-Sky TOA SW Flux from FluxByCldTyp
units: W m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1450.000000
origname: clr_toa_sw
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes/clr_toa_sw
FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes_all_toa_alb: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: All-Sky TOA Albedo from FluxByCldTyp
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1.000000000
origname: all_toa_alb
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes/all_toa_alb
FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes_toa_sw_insol: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: 3.402823466e+38
long_name: TOA SW Insolation
units: W m-2
valid_range: 0.000000000, 1450.000000
origname: toa_sw_insol
fullnamepath: /FluxByCldTyp_Total_TOA_Fluxes/toa_sw_insol
od_bounds: Array of 32 bit Reals [bounds = 0..1][od_bin = 0..5]
origname: od_bounds
fullnamepath: /od_bounds
bounds: Array of 32 bit Reals [bounds = 0..1]
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179]
long_name: Latitude
units: degrees_north
origname: latitude
fullnamepath: /latitude
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..359]
long_name: Longitude
units: degrees_east
origname: longitude
fullnamepath: /longitude
od_bin: Array of 32 bit Reals [od_bin = 0..5]
long_name: Center of Optical Depth Bin
bounds: od_bounds
comment: 0.02 - 1.27; 1.27 - 3.55; 3.55 - 9.38;9.38 - 22.63; 22.63 - 60.36; 60.36 - 378.65
origname: od_bin
fullnamepath: /od_bin
press_layer: Array of 32 bit Reals [press_layer = 0..6]
long_name: Center of Pressure Layer
units: hPa
bounds: press_bounds
comment: 1000.0 - 800.0 hPa; 800 - 680 hPa; 680 - 560 hPa; 560 - 440 hPa; 440.0 - 310.0 hPa; 310 - 180 hPa; 180 - 10 hPa
origname: press_layer
fullnamepath: /press_layer