DYCOMS-II Satellite:  GOES-10 NRL Night Fog and Low Cloud 
                      Imagery (JPG)


1.0  General Information


The GOES-10 NRL Night Fog and Low Cloud Imagery (JPG) is one of 
several satellite products collected as part of the Dynamics and
Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Phase II:  Entrainment Studies
(DYCOMS-II) project field catalog operated by the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science 
Support (UCAR/JOSS; http://www.joss.ucar.edu/dycoms/catalog/).
This product uses Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite - 10 (GOES-10) data to derive regions of potential fog
and low cloud over the Eastern Pacific Ocean during the night
(0500 to 1200 UTC).  The products cover the period from 
1 - 31 July 2001 and cover the DYCOMS-II region (27-37 N and 
115-127 W).  The products are typically available every 15 
minutes during the night (0500 to 1200 UTC).  The products were 
acquired from the Naval Research Laboratory 
(http://kauai.nrlmry.navy.mil/archdat/pacific/eastern/fogtest/lowcloud/).
All images are in jpg format.


2.0  Data Contact


Tom Lee (lee@nrlmry.navy.mil)


3.0  Product Information


This product allows users to determine areas of potential fog and
low cloud over the eastern Pacific Ocean.


4.0  Quality Control Procedures


UCAR/JOSS conducted no quality checks on these data.


5.0  File Naming Convention


The file names are structured as follows:

goes-10.yyyymmddhhmm.night_lowcloud_fogtest.jpg

Where goes-10 is the satellite used
      yyyy is the four digit year
      mm is the two digit month
      dd is the two digit day
      hh is the hour (UTC)
      mm is the minute
      night_lowcloud_fogtest is the name of the product


6.0  References


None