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GOES-East Full-Disk Visible Imagery

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Summary

GIF images of geostationary satellite visible channel images covering the full disk of the Americas, Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

These images were archived to support the PACS and CPPA projects. EOL no longer archives these images. To obtain access to imagery after April 2012, please visit the NOAA archive at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/satellite-data.

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ORDER data to made available for download
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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/J2XK-WBET-RV07
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean PACS: Pan American Climate Studies
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	3 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	GOES-8
Instruments	GOES-8 Imager
GCMD Science Keywords	VISIBLE IMAGERY Expand keywords
Related links	homepage: EOL EPIC website info: EPIC Data Policy info: EPIC Missions info: NCDC Satellite Data homepage: PACS EOL Homepage info: RICO Data Policy homepage: RICO Homepage info: RICO Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-12-15 00:00:00
End datetime	2012-04-03 15:00:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 0.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

originator: NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
author: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Citation

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2008. GOES-East Full-Disk Visible Imagery. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/J2XK-WBET-RV07. Accessed 19 Feb 2026.

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