Data Description
GOES Satellite Data - Imager -
The GOES Imager is a five-channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer designed to sense radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth. GVAR is the data transmission format used to broadcast environmental data measured by the independent
GOES Imager and Sounder instruments, beginning with GOES-8 launched in 1994. Data distribution formats available are raw, AREA, NetCDF, GIF, and JPEG.
Details - Metadata, Documentation
| CLASS Beginning Date | 19940831 |
| Ending Date | Current |
| ISO Metadata | Complete Record |
| Related Web Site | McIDAS Users' Group |
| Coverage | Sub-Continental United States, Pacific United States, CONUS Scan Sector, Full Disk Scan Sector, Northern Hemisphere Scan Sector, Northern Hemisphere Extended Scan Sector, Southern Hemisphere Scan Sector, Southern Hemisphere Small Sector, Super Rapid Scan Operations (Maryland) Scan Sector, PACUS Scan Sector, Sub-CONUS Scan Sector, Super Rapid Scan Operations Scan Sector, Western Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, United States Of America, Hawaii, Maryland |
| Update Frequency | continual |
| Output Format | AREA - McIDAS, NetCDF, JPG, GIF, Raw |
| Sensors | GOES I-M Imager |
| Satellites | GOES-11 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11, GOES-8 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8, GOES-9 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 9, GOES-10 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 10, GOES-12 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12 |
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| GOES Operations | GOES Operations |
| GOES Transmission Format | GVAR Transmission Format |
| GOES Instrument Status | GOES Instrument Status |
| Visible Imager Resolution | 1 km at nadir |
| Infrared Imager Resolution | mostly 4 km at nadir |
| West Bounding Coordinate | -180 |
| East Bounding Coordinate | -5 |
| North Bounding Coordinate | 80 |
| South Bounding Coordinate | -80 |
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Notes
09/07/21 - GOES-15 was brought back into routine scan service service to support GOES-17 operations for a short time. Data is available in CLASS from August 4, 2021 going forward. The last date of GOES-15 supporting operations will be November 5, 2021. 05/01/20 - GOES-15 was decommissioned on March 2, 2020, being replaced by GOES-17 as the operational GOES-West satellite. Please go to the GRABIPRD search page to search and order recent GOES terrestrial data and products. Most of the level 2 products are available, as well. 01/02/18 - The archive of GOES-13 satellite data and derived products ended on January 2, 2018. The replacement for GOES-13, also known as GOES-East, is GOES-16. Please go to the GOES-R Series ABI Products GRABIPRD Search page to order selected GOES-16 data. Only the ABI L1b Radiance data and L2 Cloud and Moisture Imagery products are public at this time. The remainder of the GOES-16 products will be released later this year.
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