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SSEC's Real-time Satellite Data

The table below lists the satellite data that SSEC receives and the associated dataset names.
Satellite Data Type ADDE dataset

AQUA (MODIS) L1B 1 km AQUA/1KM
Atmospheric profiles AQUA/ATM
ATM Guess profiles AQUA/GUS
L1B 1/2 km AQUA/HKM
Cloud Mask AQUA/MASK
L1B 1/4 km AQUA/QKM
ATM Retrieved Profile AQUA/RET
Cloud Mask AQUA/TOP
GOES-9 All data GOESPAC/ALL
Full Disk GOESPAC/FD
Misc. GOESPAC/OTHER
9.5 min. Pacific Sector GOESPAC/PAC9
Short Sounder Images GOESPAC/QSNDR
Short Full Disk GOESPAC/SFD
Sounder Images GOESPAC/SNDR
GOES-10 All data WESTL/ALL
Continental US WESTL/CONUS
Full Disk WESTL/FD
Northern Hemisphere WESTL/NH
Other Images WESTL/OTHER
Southern Hemisphere WESTL/SH
Sounder Images WESTL/SNDR
GOES-12 All data EASTL/ALL
Continental US EASTL/CONUS
Full Disk EASTL/FD
Northern Hemisphere EASTL/NH
Other Images EASTL/OTHER
Southern Hemisphere EASTL/SH
Sounder Images EASTL/SNDR
METEOSAT-5 All data INDOEX/ALL
B-sector INDOEX/B
Full Disk 5 km INDOEX/FD
Full Disk 2.5 km VIS INDOEX/FDHV
METEOSAT-7 All data MET/ALL
B-sector MET/B
Full Disk 5 km MET/FD
Full Disk 2.5 km VIS MET/FDHV
All X-Format MET/LX
METEOSAT-8 3 km HRIT Full Disk MSG/FD
1 km Broadband VIS MSG/HRV
MTSAT All images MTSAT/ALL
IR MTSAT/IR
Visible MTSAT/VIS
POES NOAA-15 All data GILMORE/ALL
AMSUA Areas GILMORE/N15AMSUA
AMSUB Areas GILMORE/N15AMSUB
GAC Mults GILMORE/N15GAC
HIRS Products GILMORE/N15HIRS
HRPT Mults GILMORE/N15HRPT
POES NOAA-16 All data GILMORE/ALL
AMSUA Areas GILMORE/N16AMSUA
AMSUB Areas GILMORE/N16AMSUB
GAC Mults GILMORE/N16GAC
HIRS Products GILMORE/N16HIRS
HRPT Mults GILMORE/N16HRPT
LAC Images GILMORE/N16LAC
POES NOAA-17 All data GILMORE/ALL
AMSUA Areas GILMORE/N17AMSUA
AMSUB Areas GILMORE/N17AMSUB
GAC Mults GILMORE/N17GAC
HIRS Products GILMORE/N17HIRS
HRPT Mults GILMORE/N17HRPT
LAC Images GILMORE/N17LAC
POES NOAA-18 All data GILMORE/ALL
AMSUA Areas GILMORE/N18AMSUA
AMSUB Areas GILMORE/N18AMSUB
GAC Mults GILMORE/N18GAC
HIRS Products GILMORE/N18HIRS
HRPT Mults GILMORE/N18HRPT
LAC Images GILMORE/N18LAC
TERRA (MODIS) L1B 1 km TERRA/1KM
Atmospheric profiles TERRA/ATM
L1B 1/2 km TERRA/HKM
Cloud Mask TERRA/MASK
L1B 1/4 km TERRA/QKM
Cloud Mask TERRA/TOP

POES NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, and NOAA-18 data can also be found using the group name WALLOPS.

 

SSEC's History Data

SSEC has history data for the following satellites.
Satellite Years

GMS 1 December 1998 to 21 May 2003
GOES-E 18 February 1978 to 18 January 1989
1 September 1994 to present
GOES-PAC 22 May 2003 to present
GOES-W 20 November 1978 to present
METEOSAT-3 1 January 1993 to 31 May 1995

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