Unidata IDD Data Streams Containing Imagery

Satellite, radar, and derived product imagery are available to Unidata core sites in different datastreams delivered in the Unidata IDD:

• GOES-East and -West sectors for selected wavelength bands, created at the SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, and GOES derived products created at the CIMSS/SSEC are available in the IDD UNIWISC (Unidata-Wisconsin) datastream.

Unidata-Wisconsin Data Stream Products

Current as of: July 27, 2002

Please note: the sample images are preprocessed data, not raw data.

Satellite Digital Data Files

• GOES-West Visible Sector

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: 4 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0120-123
  - Product Code: U9
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents | Sample plot showing the resolution of the product

• GOES-West Infrared Sector

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: 4 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0130-133
  - Product Code: U5
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents | Sample plot showing the resolution of the product | Enhanced sample plot showing the resolution of the product

• GOES-West Water Vapor Sector

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: 8 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0170-173
  - Product Code: UB
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• GOES-East Visible Sector

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: 4 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0140-143
  - Product Code: UV
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents | Sample plot showing the resolution of the product

• GOES-East Infrared Sector

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: 4 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0150-153
  - Product Code: UI
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents | Sample plot showing the resolution of the product

• GOES-East Water Vapor Sector

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: 8 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0210-213
  - Product Code: UW
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• GOES Educational 'Floater' Sector I

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: variable
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0160-163
  - Product Code: UA
  - Geographical Extents: Sector defined by Unidata user community on a daily basis
  - Sensor Band and Resolution selected from the 5 available imager channels
  
  Sample plot showing the resolution of the product

• GOES Educational 'Floater' Sector II

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: variable
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0060-063
  - Product Code: UC
  - Geographical Extents: Sector defined by Unidata user community on a daily basis
  - Sensor Band and Resolution selected from the 5 available imager channels
  
  Sample plot showing the resolution of the product

• Antarctic Composite Image

  - Time Interval: 3 hour
  - Resolution: 21 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0190-193
  - Product Code: U1
  - Geographical Extents: South Pole
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• Global Infrared Composite Image (Mollweide projection)

  - Time Interval: 3 hour
  - Resolution: 56 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0100-109
  - Product Code: UX
  - Geographical Extents: Global
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• Global Water Vapor Composite Image (Mollweide projection)

  - Time Interval: 3 hour
  - Resolution: 56 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0110-119
  - Product Code: UY
  - Geographical Extents: Global
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

Radar Images

• MDR (manually digitized radar) Image

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Resolution: >10 km
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA0200-205
  - Product Code: U3
  - Geographical Extents: Continental U.S.
  
  Sample plot showing spatial coverage of the data from McIDAS

GOES Derived Image Products from CIMSS

Disclaimer: The GOES derived image products are experimental. They are generated and maintained within a research environment at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and are not intended to be considered operational. Timeliness, availability, and accuracy are sought but not guaranteed.

Comprehensive information on experimental products produced by CIMSS can be found on the CIMSS Realtime GOES Page.

Please note: the sample images are preprocessed data, not raw data.

• Cloud Top Pressure

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA1100-1109
  - Product Code: CA
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• Precipitable Water

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA1110-1119
  - Product Code: CB
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• Global Sea Surface Temperature

  - Time Interval: daily
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA1120-1129
  - Product Code: CC
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• Lifted Index

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA1130-1139
  - Product Code: CD
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• CAPE

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA1140-1149
  - Product Code: CE
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents

• Ozone

  - Time Interval: 1 hour
  - Default Filename and Number: AREA1150-1159
  - Product Code: CF
  
  Sample plot showing the geographical extents