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    • NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)

    Metadata Updated: November 2, 2023

    The GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Aerosol Optical Depth product contains an image with pixel values identifying a measure of the extinction due to atmospheric aerosols at a wavelength of 550 nm over land and ocean. The product includes data quality information that provides an assessment of the quality of the algorithm retrievals for on-earth pixels. The aerosol optical depth value is a dimensionless quantity. The Aerosol Optical Depth product image is produced on the ABI fixed grid at 2 km resolution for Full Disk and CONUS coverage regions from GOES East and West. Product data is produced under the following conditions: Clear sky; snow-free; Geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 90 degrees, to solar zenith angles of 90 degrees, and sunglint angles greater than 40 degrees when over the ocean.

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    Metadata Date September 18, 2023
    Metadata Created Date November 2, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2023
    Reference Date(s) December 12, 2017 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ncdc

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    Example of Aerosol Optical Depth product retrieved over water from Terra/MODIS data during the Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland Volcano event, 19 April 2010 12:50 UTC.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 18, 2023
    Metadata Created Date November 2, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2023
    Reference Date(s) December 12, 2017 (publication)
    Responsible Party DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C01511
    Access Constraints Cite as: GOES-R Algorithm Working Group and GOES-R Series Program, (2017): NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. [access date]., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long 6.2995
    Bbox North Lat 81.3282
    Bbox South Lat -81.3282
    Bbox West Long -156.2995
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update continual
    Graphic Preview Description Example of Aerosol Optical Depth product retrieved over water from Terra/MODIS data during the Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland Volcano event, 19 April 2010 12:50 UTC.
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01511.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Harvest Object Id e4f880c7-2236-48ee-8219-1c5f56a2c0f5
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence For a complete description of use limitations for this EDR, see the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD).
    Lineage These data were produced by the NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) and are archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-156.2995, -81.3282], [6.2995, -81.3282], [6.2995, 81.3282], [-156.2995, 81.3282], [-156.2995, -81.3282]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2017-12-12

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