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    • NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Reflected Shortwave Radiation Top-of-Atmosphere

    Metadata Updated: November 2, 2023

    The GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Reflected Shortwave Radiation (RSR): TOA product contains an image with pixel values identifying the instantaneous total shortwave irradiance (flux) energing at the Earth's TOA integrated over the 0.2 to 4.0 um wavelength bandpass. It includes contributions from the solar radiation reflected upward by the Earth's surface and that scattered by the atmosphere. The product includes data quality information that provides an assessment of the reflected shortwave radiation: TOA data values for on-earth pixels. The units of measure for the reflected shortwave radiation: TOA value is watts per square meter. The Reflected Shortwave Radiation: TOA product image is produced on a global latitude/longitude grid at 0.25 degree resolution for Full Disk and CONUS coverage regions from GOES East and West. Product data is produced for geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 90 degrees and solar zenith angles to 90 degrees.

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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 September 19, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 23, 2017 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ncdc

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    Example of the Reflected Shortwave Radiation (at the top of the atmosphere) product as generated by the GOES-R reflected Shortwave Radiation algorithm.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 19, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 23, 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:C01525
    Access Constraints Cite as: GOES-R Algorithm Working Group and GOES-R Program Office, (2017): NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Reflected Shortwave Radiation Top-of-Atmosphere. [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 the Reflected Shortwave Radiation (at the top of the atmosphere) product as generated by the GOES-R reflected Shortwave Radiation algorithm.
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01525.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Harvest Object Id caa1c45f-4760-4a6d-a163-670c612fcc6c
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence For a complete description of use limitations for this dataset, refer to 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 2017-06-23

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