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Combining the Meteosat MVIRI and SEVIRI instruments allows an unprecedented temporal (30 min\/15 min) and spatial (2.5 km\/3 km) resolution compared to, e.g., the CERES products. It also opens the door to the generation of a long data record covering a 32 years time period and extending from 1 February 1983 to 30 April 2015. The retrieval method used to process the CM SAF TOA Radiation MVIRI\/SEVIRI Data Record is discussed. The overlap between the MVIRI and GERB instruments in the period 2004\u20132006 is used to derive empirical narrowband to broadband regressions. The CERES TRMM angular dependency models and theoretical models are respectively used to compute the TRS and TET fluxes from the broadband radiances. The TOA radiation products are issued as daily means, monthly means and monthly averages of the hourly integrated values (diurnal cycle). 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