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I would like to ask the following questions about the cloud product information provided on the CERES website. First of all, the cloud attribute information provided in CERES, such as cloud height, cloud optical thickness, cloud droplet particle radius and other information, is provided from modis on a unified platform with CERES ? Secondly, what is the difference between the cloud product information provided on the CERES website and the cloud product information obtained from the modis website ? Finally, if you can give me some reference materials, can you prove the conclusion of the above problem ?

Hello,

CERES has multiple products that use the MODIS instrument.

Here is some documentation as well as some publications that reference CERES and MODIS:

CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS Merged Product Variable Descriptions
Improvements of top-of-atmosphere and surface irradiance computations with CALIPSO-, CloudSat-, and MODIS-derived cloud and aerosol properties
Global cloud detection for CERES Edition 4 using Terra and Aqua MODIS data
Fast Longwave and Shortwave Radiative Flux (FLASHFlux) Products From CERES and MODIS Measurements
MODIS Cloud Imager Data

Thanks,
ASDC