GOES East & West

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GOES satellite full disk image

Data from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) available from NSF Unidata include 16 wavelength channels for GOES-R (e.g., later than GOES-16) class satellites. Data from both GOES-East and GOES-West satellites are available.

Data Capabilities

 Remote Data AccessData CoverageDisplay & Analysis Options
LDM Feedtype1McIDAS ADDETDSShort-Term ArchiveRegionalNationalHemisphericGlobalGEMPAKIDVMcIDASAWIPS
UNIWISC (FT5, MCIDAS)✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
NIMAGE (FT21, IMAGE)2✓East
—
West
East
—
West
✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓
SATELLITE (FT16, DIFAX)3✓East
—
West
East
—
West
✓✓✓  ✓✓✓

1 See a complete list of LDM feed types
2 The NIMAGE feed type (FT21) was enhanced to include NOAAPort GOES-R/S ABI imagery and other Level2 products in June, 2019
3 The SATELLITE feed type (FT16) is named DIFAX in LDM v6.13.6 and previous

Ancillary Data Description

Questions About GOES East & West Data?

Questions or comments about GOES East & West data can be sent to: support@unidata.ucar.edu.