GOES Satellite Data - VISSR/VAS (GOES-7 and earlier)

Area_of_Interest

Image Description
All of Full earth Disk. ALL_FD - The image contains all of Full earth Disk.
Image contains at least some part of the Continental US ANY_CONUS - The image contains at least some part of the Continental US, except when no navigation data is found in the dataset, in which case images that might include a portion of the Continental US based on latitude are considered hits.
Image contains at least some portion of the Northern Hemisphere. ANY_NH - The image contains at least some portion of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Bands

Identifiers mapped to wavelengths corresponding to the data. In the initial short-term pre-GOES-8 delivery implementation, individual IR bands cannot be selected for delivery. If IR is selected, all of the infrared bands will be included. There is only one visible band for pre-GOES-08 data

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Data Source

Code internal to CLASS for the source of Pre-GVAR data.

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Data Usage Guidance/Restrictions

The operational data for this datatype is available to all registered CLASS users. Pre-operational data may be restricted to authorized users. To become an authorized user, send a request to the CLASS Help Desk.

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Dataset Max Latitude

The latitude of the northernmost pixel of the dataset.

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Dataset Max Longitude

The longitude of the westernmost pixel of the dataset.

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Dataset Min Latitude

The latitude of the southernmost pixel of the dataset.

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Dataset Min Longitude

The longitude of the easternmost pixel of the dataset.

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Dataset Name

The name of the MODE AAA data set archived at CLASS. The name has the following format: <Satellite ID>.<Year>.<Julian Day>.<Start Time>


e.g. goes07.1990.148.1109

Qualifier
 Details
Satellite ID e.g. goes07, denotes the satellite
Year e.g. 1990, denotes the 4 digit year
Julian Day e.g. 148, denotes the 3 digit day of the year from 001 to 366
Start Time e.g. 1109, where "11" identifies the hour, "09" the minute.

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Dataset Size

The size in bytes of the file to be delivered to the user.

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End Time

The UTC date and time corresponding to the end of the coverage of the given dataset. Format is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.fff where fff is the fraction of a second in milliseconds.

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Include Digital Signature

This is a feature of CLASS that verifys the data is from CLASS via a digital signature option selection in the User Preferences.

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Ingest Status

The state of the dataset's ingestion process.
Possible values are:

  • Complete_A: Ingest has completed successfully and the data is of high quality.
  • Incomplete: The ingest process is not yet finished.

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Ingest Time

The UTC date and time that the dataset was ingested. Format is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss

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Inventory ID

A unique numerical ID assigned to the dataset for CLASS inventory purposes.

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Northernmost Scanline

The line number of the northernmost pixel in the dataset. Lines are the index for the vertical axis of a scan.

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Output Format

The valid formats are:

  • NetCDF - Network Common Data Format
  • JPG - image file
  • GIF - image file
  • AREA - McIDAS data format
  • RAW - Native format

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Satellites

Abbreviation that identifies the satellite that acquired the dataset.

Listed below are the definitions of the abbreviated satellite IDs:

G04 GOES-04
G05 GOES-05
G06 GOES-06
G07 GOES-07

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Southernmost Scanline

The line number of the southernmost scanline in the dataset. Lines are the index for the vertical axis of a scan.

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Start Time

The UTC date and time corresponding to the beginning of the coverage of the given dataset. Format is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.fff where fff is the fraction of a second in milliseconds.

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Sub Mode

Instrument flown on GOES-04 through GOES-07 can operate in 3 different sub-modes: VISSR, MSI, and DS.

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Subpoint Latitude

The latitude of the point on Earth that is directly below the satellite.

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Subpoint Longitude

The longitude of the point on Earth that is directly below the satellite.

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Temporal

Refers to the time span of interest to the user. This section of the search page allows the user to define the range of dates/times of interest.

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UTC

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the international time standard. It is the current term for what was referred to as Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT). Zero (0) hours UTC is midnight in Greenwich England, which lies on the zero longitudinal meridian. Universal time is based on a 24 hour clock, therefore, afternoon hours such as 4 pm UTC are expressed as 16:00 UTC (sixteen hours, zero minutes).

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