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    • NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Land Surface Albedo (LSA)

    Metadata Updated: December 12, 2025

    The GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Land Surface Albedo (LSA) as defined as the ratio between outgoing and incoming irradiance at the earth's surface. The LSA is a shortwave broadband blue-sky albedo over wavelengths between 0.4 and 3.0 µm. Besides the blue-sky broadband shortwave albedo, the LSA algorithm also generates spectral land surface reflectance as byproducts. The frequent temporal refreshment, fine spectral resolution and large spatial coverage make ABI a unique data source for mapping LSA. The Land Surface Albedo product image is provided at 2 km resolution on the ABI fixed grid for Full Disk, CONUS, and Mesoscale coverage regions from GOES East and West.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date August 13, 2025
    Metadata Created Date December 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 12, 2025
    Reference Date(s) November 18, 2021 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ncdc

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    Plots of GOES-16 Full Disk Albedo and its Quality Flag on Feb 21, 2020 at 17:00 UTC

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date August 13, 2025
    Metadata Created Date December 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 12, 2025
    Reference Date(s) November 18, 2021 (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:C01535
    Access Constraints Cite as: GOES-R Algorithm Working Group and GOES-R Series Program, (2021): NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Land Surface Albedo (LSA). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:{{DOI}}. [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 Plots of GOES-16 Full Disk Albedo and its Quality Flag on Feb 21, 2020 at 17:00 UTC
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01535.png
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id 469a8441-3183-46ed-9f9e-18ce1d9995c3
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence For a complete set of limitations for this dataset see the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD).
    Lineage The 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 2017-05-16

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