GOES NOAA Data Dictionary

 

Acquisition Date

• Field Definition:  The year, month, and day the data was acquired.
  
  Format:
  YYYY/MM/DD

Acquisition Time

• Field Definition:  The time of day in hours and minutes the data was acquired.

          Example:

         1900

Start Date

• Field Definition:  Start date of acquisition

          Values:

          Format:

          YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss

 

          Example

               Start Date: 2017/07/01 08:37:19 To 2017/08/01 08:37:18.

 

End Date

• Field Definition:  End date of acquisition
  
  Format:
  YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss
  
  
  Example
  End Date: 2017/07/01 08:37:19 To 2017/08/01 08:37:18.

 

Agency

• Field Definition:  The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) generates ABI products in support of the GOES-R Program.

 

Coordinates Decimal Degrees

• Field Definition:  The latitude and longitude are provided in decimal degrees for the following fields:

          Values:

          Scene Center Latitude and Longitude

          Northeast (NE) Corner Latitude and Longitude

          Northwest (NW) Corner Latitude and Longitude

          Southeast (SE) Corner Latitude and Longitude

          Southwest (SW) Corner Latitude and Longitude

 

          Latitude Format Decimal Degrees: -90.000 through 90.000

          Longitude Format Decimal Degrees: -180.000 through 180.000

 

          Number of decimal places will vary by dataset – check collection in EE.

 

Coordinates Degrees, Minutes, Seconds

• Field Definition:  The latitude and longitude are provided in degrees, minutes, and seconds for the following fields:

          Values:

          Scene Center Latitude and Longitude

          Northeast (NE) Corner Latitude and Longitude

          Northwest (NW) Corner Latitude and Longitude

          Southeast (SE) Corner Latitude and Longitude

          Southwest (SW) Corner Latitude and Longitude

 

          Longitude Format:

          DDDMMSS.SSH

          DDD = Degree(s) with a range of 0 through 180

          MM = Minute(s) with a range of 0 through 59

          SS.SS = Second(s) with a range of 0 through 59.99

          H = Hemisphere with E for east and W for west

 

         Latitude Format:

         DDMMSS.SSH

         DD = Degree(s) with a range of 0 through 90

         MM = Minutes(s) with a range of 0 through 59

         SS.SS = Second(s) with a range of 0 through 59.99

         H = Hemisphere with N for north and S for south

 

Data Type

• Field Definition:  This module provides operations on the type INT32 of signed 32-bit integers. Unlike the built-in int type, the type INT32 is guaranteed to be exactly 32-bit wide on all platforms. The download includes NDVI, visible (640 nm), and near-IR (860 nm) bands in 32-bit signed integer.

           Values:

           INT32 = 32-Bit integers

 

Datum

• Field Definition:  The datum used to map the data.
  
  Values:
  WGS84

 

Entity ID

• Field Definition:  A unique file name assigned to identify each individual image.

          Format:

          OR_ABI-AA-BBBB-CCEEE_FFF_SYYYYDDDHHMMSSs_EYYYYDDDHHMMSSs_CYYYYDDDHHMMSSs

          OR = System is operational

          ABI = Instrument Type - Advanced Baseline Imager

          AA = Level 2 Data

          BBBB = Project Coverage

          CC = Mode

          EEE = Channel

          FFF = Satellite

          SYYYYDDDHHMMSSs = Scan start: 4 digit year, 3 digit day of year (Julian day), hour, minute, second, tenth second

          EYYYYDDDHHMMSSs = Scan End: 4 digit year, 3 digit day of year (Julian day), hour, minute, second, tenth second

          CYYYYDDDHHMMSSs = File Creation: 4 digit year, 3 digit day of year (Julian day), hour, minute, second, tenth second

          Example:

               OR_ABI-L2-CMIPC-M6C02_G16_S20202561056158_E20202561058531_C20202561059036

 

Product_Coverage

• Field Definition:  Operating spatial coverage for the acquisition

          Values:

          Full Disk (e.g. F in CMIPF)

          CONUS (e.g. C in CMIPC)

          Mesoscale (e.g. M in CMIPM)

Mode

• Field Definition:  The scanning mode, which determines the acquisition frequency

          Values:

          3 (e.g. M3 in M3C02)

          6 (e.g. M6 in M6C02)

 

Channel

• Field Definition:  The GOES-R ABI spectral band number

          Values:

          2 (e.g. C02 in M3C02)

         3 (e.g. C03 in M3C03)

 

Map Projection

• Field Definition:  The reference system used to map the data.

          Example:

          LAMBERT_AZIMUTHAL_EQUAL_AREA

 

Resolution

• Field Definition:  The distance on the ground represented by one pixel.

          Values:

          2,222.2

 

Satellite

• Field Definition:  The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R Series (GOES-R) acquired the data.

 

Sensor

• Field Definition:  The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the primary instrument on GOES-R.

 

Units

• Field Definition:  The unit of measurement associated with the resolution.

          Values:

          Meter