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    • NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Land Surface Bidirectional Reflectance Factor (BRF)

    Metadata Updated: November 2, 2023

    The GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Bidirectional Reflectance Factor (BRF) products provide spectral land surface reflectance, i.e., a ratio between outgoing radiance at one given direction and incoming radiance at another given direction (same or different from the incoming direction). In this product, the outgoing direction is the direction of the satellite view, while the incoming direction is the direction of solar illumination. The BRF is produced at the following wavelengths: 0.47 µm, 0.64 µm, 0.86 µm, 1.61 µm, and 2.26 µm, corresponding to bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. The product includes associated data quality flags and percentage of each flag value, mean, maximum, minimum, and standard deviation of BRF of each band. The ABI BRF provides spatial and temporal continuous surface reflectance information. The 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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    Dates

    Metadata Date October 5, 2023
    Metadata Created Date November 2, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2023
    Reference Date(s) November 18, 2021 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ncdc

    Other Data Resources

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    ABI-L2-BRF Browse Graphic

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date October 5, 2023
    Metadata Created Date November 2, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2023
    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:C01536
    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 Total Precipitable Water (TPW). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V56H4FQF. [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 ABI-L2-BRF Browse Graphic
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01536.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Harvest Object Id edd8ce06-2fb3-414e-b1ac-2451058c74d4
    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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