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ABI G17 Deep Blue L3 Monthly Aerosol Data, 1 x 1 degree grid

Published by NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/LAADS;UWI-MAD/SSEC/ASIPS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: September 02, 2026 at 12:42 AM | Dataset Last Updated: August 25, 2026
The Level-3 (L3) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-17 (GOES-17) Deep Blue Monthly Aerosol dataset is part of a 12-product suite produced by an Earth Science Research from Operational Geostationary Satellite Systems (ESROGSS)-funded project. The 12 products in this project include nine derived from three Geostationary Earth Observation (GEO) instruments and three from merged data from GEO and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) instruments as summarized in the following table: | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Cadence | Spatial Res. | Product | | :-------: | :----------: | :------------------: | :-----------: | :-------: | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_ABI_G16 | | GOES-17 | Advanced Baseline Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_ABI_G17 | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_AHI_H08 | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_ABI_G16 | | GOES-17 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_ABI_G17 | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_AHI_H08 | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_ABI_G16 | | **GOES-17** | **Advanced Baseline Imager** | **Monthly** | **1˚ x 1˚** | **AERDB_M3_ABI_G17** | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_AHI_H08 | | Multiple* | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS* | 30 Min. | 0.25˚ x 0.25˚ | AERDB_L2G_GEOLEO_Merged | | Multiple* | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS* | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_GEOLEO_Merged | | Multiple* | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS* | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_GEOLEO_Merged | \* includes G16-ABI, G17-ABI, H08-AHI, SNPP-VIIRS, NOAA20-VIIRS, Terra MODIS & Aqua MODIS Derived by aggregating the L3 daily (AERDB_D3_ABI_G17) input data, each M3 ABI/GOES-17 product is produced monthly at 1 x 1-degree horizontal resolution. This monthly L3 (identified in the shortname as M3) product’s statistics that include mean and standard deviation of the daily means are derived from the arithmetic mean values of the L3 daily product. As a mechanism to filter out poorly sampled grid elements, at least three valid days of data in the month are required to populate the monthly grid element. This first release of these products spans from May 2019 through April 2020 with a potential to generate additional temporal coverage in the future. Each L3 aggregated monthly ABI/GOES-17 datafile contains 48 Science Data Sets (SDS) that include the following: 1. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Count 2. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Maximum 3. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Mean 4. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Mean_Hourly 5. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Minimum 6. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Count 7. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Maximum 8. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Mean 9. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 10. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Minimum 11. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 12. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Standard_Deviation 13. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Count 14. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Maximum 15. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Mean 16. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 17. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Minimum 18. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 19. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Maximum 20. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Mean 21. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Mean_Hourly 22. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Minimum 23. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Maximum 24. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Mean 25. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 26. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Minimum 27. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 28. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Standard_Deviation 29. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Maximum 30. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Mean 31. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 32. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Minimum 33. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 34. Fine_Mode_Fraction_550_Ocean_Mean 35. Fine_Mode_Fraction_550_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 36. Hours 37. Land_Bands 38. Latitude 39. Latitude_1D 40. Longitude 41. Longitude_1D 42. Ocean_Bands 43. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Count 44. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Mean 45. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Standard_Deviation 46. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Count 47. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Mean 48. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Standard_Deviation

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description The Level-3 (L3) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-17 (GOES-17) Deep Blue Monthly Aerosol dataset is part of a 12-product suite produced by an Earth Science Research from Operational Geostationary Satellite Systems (ESROGSS)-funded project. The 12 products in this project include nine derived from three Geostationary Earth Observation (GEO) instruments and three from merged data from GEO and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) instruments as summarized in the following table: | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Cadence | Spatial Res. | Product | | :-------: | :----------: | :------------------: | :-----------: | :-------: | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_ABI_G16 | | GOES-17 | Advanced Baseline Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_ABI_G17 | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_AHI_H08 | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_ABI_G16 | | GOES-17 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_ABI_G17 | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_AHI_H08 | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_ABI_G16 | | **GOES-17** | **Advanced Baseline Imager** | **Monthly** | **1˚ x 1˚** | **AERDB_M3_ABI_G17** | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_AHI_H08 | | Multiple* | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS* | 30 Min. | 0.25˚ x 0.25˚ | AERDB_L2G_GEOLEO_Merged | | Multiple* | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS* | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_GEOLEO_Merged | | Multiple* | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS* | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_GEOLEO_Merged | \* includes G16-ABI, G17-ABI, H08-AHI, SNPP-VIIRS, NOAA20-VIIRS, Terra MODIS & Aqua MODIS Derived by aggregating the L3 daily (AERDB_D3_ABI_G17) input data, each M3 ABI/GOES-17 product is produced monthly at 1 x 1-degree horizontal resolution. This monthly L3 (identified in the shortname as M3) product’s statistics that include mean and standard deviation of the daily means are derived from the arithmetic mean values of the L3 daily product. As a mechanism to filter out poorly sampled grid elements, at least three valid days of data in the month are required to populate the monthly grid element. This first release of these products spans from May 2019 through April 2020 with a potential to generate additional temporal coverage in the future. Each L3 aggregated monthly ABI/GOES-17 datafile contains 48 Science Data Sets (SDS) that include the following: 1. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Count 2. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Maximum 3. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Mean 4. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Mean_Hourly 5. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Minimum 6. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Count 7. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Maximum 8. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Mean 9. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 10. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Minimum 11. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 12. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Standard_Deviation 13. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Count 14. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Maximum 15. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Mean 16. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 17. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Minimum 18. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 19. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Maximum 20. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Mean 21. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Mean_Hourly 22. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Minimum 23. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Maximum 24. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Mean 25. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 26. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Minimum 27. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 28. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Standard_Deviation 29. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Maximum 30. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Mean 31. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Mean_Hourly 32. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Minimum 33. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 34. Fine_Mode_Fraction_550_Ocean_Mean 35. Fine_Mode_Fraction_550_Ocean_Standard_Deviation 36. Hours 37. Land_Bands 38. Latitude 39. Latitude_1D 40. Longitude 41. Longitude_1D 42. Ocean_Bands 43. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Count 44. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Mean 45. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Standard_Deviation 46. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Count 47. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Mean 48. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Standard_Deviation
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title ABI G17 Deep Blue L3 Monthly Aerosol Data, 1 x 1 degree grid

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