gov.noaa.ncdc:C01584
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2023-06-23
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
NOAA GOES A-C Series Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) and GOES D-H Series VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) Data
GOES PRE-GVAR
1974-05-01
publication
doi:10.25921/6GX5-6608
gov.noaa.ncdc:C01584
gov.noaa.class:PRE_GVAR
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
publisher
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
resourceProvider
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
author
UWI-MAD/SSEC > Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
originator
UWI-MAD/SSEC > Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
author
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/index.html
HTTPS
Information
NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Web Page
Web page with program details including documentation and operational status information.
information
imageDigital
GOES Satellite Data - VISSR/VAS (GOES-7 and earlier) - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) series of satellites goal is to monitor the atmosphere for severe weather development such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms and hurricanes. The positioning of the GOES satellites at around 36,000 km (22,000 statute miles) above the equator at a fixed position above the earth allowed them to scan large geographic regions of the Western Hemisphere and as frequently as once every half hour. Coverage is typically provided by two GOES spacecraft, one at -75.0 Longitude (GOES East) and the other at -135.0 Longitude (GOES West). The Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) was flown aboard NOAA Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS-1 and SMS-2) and GOES-1 through GOES-3 and modified to become the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) flown aboard GOES-4 through GOES-7.
To measure radiant and solar reflected energy for use in monitoring weather patterns. The VISSR and VAS were designed to provide rapid continuous viewing of local areas for regional Earth and atmospheric monitoring.
completed
Customer Engagement Branch
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
ncei.sat.info@noaa.gov
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notPlanned
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01584.GIF
GOES-7 visible image of Hurricane Andrew approaching the Bahamas August 23, 1992.
GIF
Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Brightness Temperature
Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Radiance
Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Thermal Infrared
Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Radiance
Earth Science > Climate Indicators
theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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Web Browser
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
information
publisher
Atmospheric - Upper-air - Cloud Properties
Atmospheric - Upper-air - Upper-air Water Vapour
theme
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)
2017
publication
Release 2017
World Meteorological Organization, United Nations
https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
HTTP
Information
GCOS Essential Climate Variables
Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables.
information
custodian
Geographic Region > Equatorial
Geographic Region > Mid-Latitude
Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere
Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere
Geographic Region > Western Hemisphere
Geographic Region > Tropics
Continent > North America > United States Of America
Continent > North America > Central America
Continent > South America
Ocean > Atlantic Ocean
Ocean > Pacific Ocean
Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Gulf Of Mexico
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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Web Browser
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
information
publisher
Vertical Location > Troposphere
stratum
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
HTTPS
Web Browser
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
information
publisher
GOES > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
project
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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Web Browser
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
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VISSR > Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
instrument
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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Web Browser
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
information
publisher
SMS-1 > Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 1
SMS-2 > Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 2
GOES-1 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 1
GOES-2 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 2
GOES-3 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 3
GOES-4 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4
GOES-5 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5
GOES-6 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 6
GOES-7 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7
platform
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
information
publisher
1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
500 meters - < 1 km
dataResolution
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Horizontal Data Resolution Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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Web Browser
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
information
publisher
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
dataCentre
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
2018
revision
Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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Web Browser
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
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information
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gov.noaa.class:PRE_GVAR
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otherRestrictions
Cite as: University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC and NOAA OSPO, (1974): NOAA GOES A-C Series Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) and GOES D-H Series VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.25921/6GX5-6608. [access date].
otherRestrictions
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.
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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.
VAS Demonstration: (VISSR Atmospheric Sounder) Description and Final Report
1985-10-01
publication
NASA-RP-1151
NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
publisher
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19860004398.pdf
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Web Browser
VAS Demonstration: (VISSR Atmospheric Sounder) Description and Final Report
Montgomery, H.E. and L.W. Uccellini, 1985: VAS Demonstration: (VISSR Atmospheric Sounder) Description and Final Report. NASA-RP-1151, 200 pp, https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/1986
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1974-05-01
1996-01-11
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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McIDAS Area
Raw
https://doi.org/10.25921/6GX5-6608
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Landing Page
NCEI Dataset Landing Page
Landing page for the dataset.
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http://www.class.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=PRE_GVAR
Data Search Application
NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) Data Search and Order
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/satellite/publications/goes-guides/GOES%20MODE_A%20Format%20Description.pdf
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Documentation
GOES Mode A Documentation
information
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/satellite/publications/goes-guides/GOES%20MODE_AAA%20Format%20Description.pdf
HTTPS
Documentation
GOES Mode AAA Documentation
information
http://www.class.noaa.gov/release/data_available/goes/index.htm
Information
CLASS GOES Data Help Page
Web page with information on the GOES series with launch dates and data collection period of record tables.
information
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/documents/History_of_GOES_Archive_at_SSEC.pdf
HTTPS
Documentation
History of GOES Archive at SSEC
Slide deck with information and background on pre-GVAR GOES data.
information
https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/mug/
HTTPS
Information
McIDAS Users' Group (MUG)
Web page with documents and software policies on McIDAS software.
information
dataset
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).
The real-time transmission of GOES VISSR and/or VAS data were received at the NESDIS Command and Data Acquisition Facility (CDA) station directly from the satellites, and processed by the Synchronous Data Buffer (SDB). The SDB reformats the data, determines the start of each line, performs a calibration of the IR data, brightness-enhances the visible data, adds grid and orbit/attitude information and retransmits the data back to a transponder on the GOES satellite for broadcast to various user stations. In reformatting the data, the SDB does an equal time to equal angle resampling to compensate for variations in the satellite spin rate. Therefore, the result is a constant number of data values per scan line corresponding to the nominal 100 rpm spin rate. The broadcast data rate is chosen such that the retransmission just occupies the time interval between real-time data bursts; i.e., the retransmission is accomplished while the instrument mirror on the satellite is viewing space between scans of the Earth (333 degrees of each spin is space view). The reduced bandwidth broadcast datastream is called the "stretched data". The format for the stretched data has changed 3 times during the archive period, and these formats are referred to as Mode A, AA, or AAA.The VAS data stream was routed to a VAS Image Processor (VIP) within the CDA station. The VIP reformatted, conducted quality checks, calibrated, and added navigational parameters to the data and then retransmitted it to the GOES satellites at 1.75 Mpbs, which in turn broadcasted the SVAS data to receiving stations at the University of Wisconsin. Data from the VAS Multi-Spectral Imaging mode and the Dwell Sounding mode were not "stretched". The spatial and temporal information is provided by the VISSR Image Registration and Gridding System (VIRGS) computing facility at NOAA and inserted into the stretched VAS format by the VIP.
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
processor
NOAA's key downlink site for archive purposes was the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) in Madison, Wisconsin. SSEC has been recording and storing GOES data since 1978. Throughout the entire history of PRE_GVAR data archive, the data were recorded on Sony U-Matic cassettes. Around 2001, NCDC funded the "GOES Data Rescue Project". SSEC began transferring the data from the aging U-matic cassettes onto IBM 3590. During the rescue project, which lasted over 2 years, some of the data was transferred to NCDC's Hierarchical Data Storage System via FTP. The remainder of the rescued data was shipped on tapes. The transfer of the entire GOES database to NCDC was completed in late 2005.
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
processor
repository
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
2015-04-22T00:00:00
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Bulk metadata change applied on 2023-06-23. See version control repository history for metadata change details.