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NOAA Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R Series) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Cloud and Moisture Imagery Products (CMIP).

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 12, 2026 at 09:21 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The Cloud and Moisture Imagery product contains one or more Earth-view images with pixel values identifying brightness values that are scaled to support visual analysis. The product includes data quality information that provides an assessment of the cloud and moisture imagery data values for on-earth pixels. Cloud and Moisture Imagery product files are generated for each of the sixteen Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) reflective bands (channels 1 - 6 with approximate central wavelengths 0.47, 0.64, 0.865, 1.378, 1.61, 2.25 microns respectively) and emissive bands (channels 7 - 16 with approximate central wavelengths 3.9, 6.185, 6.95, 7.34, 8.5, 9.61, 10.35, 11.2, 12.3, 13.3 microns respectively). In addition, there is a multiband product file where the imagery at all bands is included. The imagery value for the reflective bands, ABI bands 1 through 6, is a dimensionless reflectance factor quantity that is normalized by the solar zenith angle. These bands support the characterization of clouds, vegetation, snow/ice, and aerosols. The imagery value for the emissive bands, ABI bands 7 through 16, is the brightness temperature at the Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) in Kelvin. These bands supports the characterization of the surface, clouds, water vapor, ozone, volcanic ash and dust based on emissive properties. The ABI instrument operates on board the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) Series weather satellites providing advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere. There are three spatial coverage scenes per satellite (GOES East and GOES West): Full Disk is the full hemispheric view; Contiguous U.S. is the lower 48 states; and Mesoscale 1 and 2 are for weather event views.

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  • NCEI Dataset Landing Page

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  • NOAA CLASS Data Search and Order

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  • NCEI GOES-R Terrestrial Weather (ABI/GLM)

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  • Product Definition and Users' Guide (PUG) Vol.1 Main

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  • Product Definition and Users' Guide (PUG) Vol.5 Level 2+ Products

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  • Registry of Open Data on AWS

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  • GOES-16 AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1)

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  • GOES-17 AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1)

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  • GOES-18 AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1)

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  • GOES-19 AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1)

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  • Google Cloud Landing Page (Region: US-multiple)

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  • GOES-16 Google Cloud Bucket Explorer (Region: US-multiple)

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  • GOES-17 Google Cloud Bucket Explorer (Region: US-multiple)

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  • GOES-18 Google Cloud Bucket Explorer (Region: US-multiple)

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  • GOES-19 Google Cloud Bucket Explorer (Region: US-multiple)

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  • Azure Landing Page (Region: europe-west)

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  • GOES-R Program Document Library

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  • GOES Operational Status - NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations

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  • Advanced Baseline Imager Scan Mode Information

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  • GOES-R ABI Bands Quick Information Guides

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  • Journal article published April 2017 by the AMS (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society).

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  • Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords

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  • GCOS Essential Climate Variables

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issued 2017-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Reflectance",
  "Atmospheric - Upper-air - Cloud Properties",
  "Geographic Region > Equatorial",
  "Geographic Region > Mid-Latitude",
  "Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere",
  "Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere",
  "Geographic Region > Tropics",
  "Geographic Region > Western Hemisphere",
  "Continent > North America > United States Of America",
  "Continent > North America > Central America",
  "Continent > South America",
  "Ocean > Atlantic Ocean",
  "Ocean > Pacific Ocean",
  "GOES-16 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16",
  "GOES-17 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17",
  "GOES-18 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 18",
  "GOES-19 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 19",
  "ABI > Advanced Baseline Imager",
  "1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree",
  "500 meters - < 1 km",
  "1 minute - < 1 hour",
  "1 second - < 1 minute",
  "GOES > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service",
  "NOAA Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite-R Series",
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  "GRABIPRD",
  "gov.noaa.class:GRABIPRD",
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  "ABIL2CMIP"
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modified 2017-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
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  "https://www.goes-r.gov/users/abiScanModeInfo.html",
  "https://www.goes-r.gov/mission/ABI-bands-quick-info.html",
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial 6.2995,-81.3282,141.7005,81.3282
temporal 2017-02-18T00:00:00+00:00/2017-02-18T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R Series) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Cloud and Moisture Imagery Products (CMIP).

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