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NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Clear Sky Mask (ACM)


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            title:  NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Clear Sky Mask (ACM)
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                date:  2018-02-16
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                  Anchor:  DOI doi:10.7289/V5SF2TGP
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        abstract:  The Clear Sky Mask product contains an image in the form of a binary cloud mask that identifies pixels within a coverage region as clear or cloudy. The production of the clear sky mask is an important step in the processing of many other Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2+ products that use the information generated in the production of the clear sky mask to determine the presence of a cloud. The product includes data quality information for the binary cloud mask data values for on-earth pixels. The binary cloud mask value is a dimensionless quantity. The Clear Sky Mask 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. Product data is produced for geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 90 degrees for both daytime and nighttime conditions.
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            otherConstraints:  Cite as: GOES-R Algorithm Working Group and GOES-R Series Program (2018): NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Clear Sky Mask. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5SF2TGP. [access date].
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                    endPosition:
                    timeInterval:  10
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                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  byte
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
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                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  byte
            descriptor:  ABI L2+ Clear Sky Mask data quality flags (status_flag)
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  t
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  double
            descriptor:  J2000 epoch mid-point between the start and end image scan in seconds (time)
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                attributeType:
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
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            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  total_number_of_cloud_mask_points
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                    aName:  int
            descriptor:  total number of clear sky mask pixels
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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                attributeType:
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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                aName:  number_of_probably_clear_pixels
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            descriptor:  number of probably cloudy pixels (cloud detected in pixel, likely contains a cloud edge, and one or more adjacent pixels are clear) that do not exceed local zenith angle threshold
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                    aName:  int
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  percent_clear_pixels
                attributeType:
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                    aName:  float
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  percent_probably_clear_pixels
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  percent of probably clear pixels (surrounding NxN pixels centered on pixel have high degree of spatial heterogeneity, and one or more adjacent pixels are identified as cloudy) that do not exceed local zenith angle threshold (clear_sky_area_fraction)
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  percent_probably_cloudy_pixels
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  percent of probably cloudy pixels (cloud detected in pixel, likely contains a cloud edge, and one or more adjacent pixels are clear) that do not exceed local zenith angle threshold (cloud_area_fraction)
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#percent
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  percent_cloudy_pixels
                attributeType:
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                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  percent of cloudy pixels that do not exceed local zenith angle threshold (cloud_area_fraction)
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#percent
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  percent_terminator_pixels
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
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            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#percent
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  min_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_all_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
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            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  max_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_all_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
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            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  mean_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_all_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  mean difference of the observed and modeled brightness temperature (Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Community Radiative Transfer Model using temporally interpolated NWP data as input) at 11.2 and 12.3 um ABI central wavelengths
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
                aName:  std_dev_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_all_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  standard deviation of the difference of the observed and modeled brightness temperature values (Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Community Radiative Transfer Model using temporally interpolated NWP data as input) at 11.2 and 12.3 um ABI central wavelengths
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  min_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_clear_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  minimum difference of the observed and modeled brightness temperature (Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Community Radiative Transfer Model using temporally interpolated NWP data as input) at 11.2 and 12.3 um ABI central wavelengths for the clear sky portion of image
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  max_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_clear_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  maximum difference of the observed and modeled brightness temperature (Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Community Radiative Transfer Model using temporally interpolated NWP data as input) at 11.2 and 12.3 um ABI central wavelengths for the clear sky portion of image
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  mean_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_clear_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  mean difference of the observed and modeled brightness temperature (Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Community Radiative Transfer Model using temporally interpolated NWP data as input) at 11.2 and 12.3 um ABI central wavelengths for the clear sky portion of image
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  std_dev_obs_modeled_diff_RTM_BT_comparison_bands_clear_sky
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  standard deviation of the differences of the observed and modeled brightness temperature values (Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Community Radiative Transfer Model using temporally interpolated NWP data as input) at 11.2 and 12.3 um ABI central wavelengths for the clear sky portion of image
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#K
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  algorithm_dynamic_input_data_container
                attributeType:
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              MemberName:
                aName:  processing_parm_version_container
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                  TypeName:
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                aName:  algorithm_product_version_container
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            sequenceIdentifier:
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                aName:  retrieval_local_zenith_angle
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  threshold angle between the line of sight to the satellite and the local zenith at the observation target for good or degraded quality clear sky mask data production (platform_zenith_angle)
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#degree
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  quantitative_local_zenith_angle
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  threshold angle between the line of sight to the satellite and the local zenith at the observation target for good quality clear sky mask data production (platform_zenith_angle)
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#degree
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  retrieval_local_zenith_angle_bounds
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  local zenith angle degree range where good or degraded quality clear sky mask data is produced
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  quantitative_local_zenith_angle_bounds
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  local zenith angle degree range where good quality clear sky mask data is produced
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  retrieval_solar_zenith_angle
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  threshold angle between the line of sight to the sun and the local zenith at the observation target for good quality clear sky mask data production (solar_zenith_angle)
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#degree
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  twilight_solar_zenith_angle
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  midpoint of the twilight region for the angle between the line of sight to the sun and the local zenith at the observation target (solar_zenith_angle)
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#degree
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
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                attributeType:
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                    aName:  float
            descriptor:  solar zenith angle degree range where good quality clear sky mask data is produced
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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              MemberName:
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                attributeType:
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  RTM_BT_comparison_wavelengths
                attributeType:
                  TypeName:
                    aName:  float
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        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#1
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
            sequenceIdentifier:
              MemberName:
                aName:  percent_uncorrectable_GRB_errors
                attributeType:
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            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#percent
        dimension:  (MD_Band)
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            descriptor:  percent data lost due to uncorrectable L0 errors
            units:  http://example.org/someUnitsDictionary.xml#percent
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    distributionInfo:  (MD_Distribution)
        distributor:  (MD_Distributor)
            distributorContact:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
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                fees:  In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.
                orderingInstructions:  Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions.
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