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GOES-West Water Vapor Imagery

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Summary

Gif images from gridded files of (upper-level) water vapor 6.7 micron channel.
Radiance values have a spatial resolution of 0.1 x 0.1 degrees.
Images are at 0000 UTC.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/7Z8X-5C2P-QM13
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	PACS: Pan American Climate Studies EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study SALLJEX: South American Low-Level Jet Experiment NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	daily
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	Satellite, GOES-9
Instruments	GOES-9 Imager
GCMD Science Keywords	INFRARED IMAGERY Expand keywords
Related links	homepage: EOL EPIC website homepage: EOL NAME website info: EPIC Data Policy info: EPIC Missions info: NAME Data Policy info: NAME Missions info: NCDC Satellite Data homepage: PACS EOL Homepage info: SALLJEX Data Policy info: SALLJEX Missions homepage: SALLJEX Project Page info: VOCALS Data Policy homepage: VOCALS Homepage info: VOCALS Project Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-12-14 00:00:00
End datetime	2002-11-04 00:00:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 25.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

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originator: Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC), NOAA
author: Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC), NOAA

Citation

Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC), NOAA, Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC), NOAA. 2008. GOES-West Water Vapor Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/7Z8X-5C2P-QM13. Accessed 14 Oct 2024.

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