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GOES-8 VIS Satellite Imagery

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Summary

GOES-8 Visible imagery collected for the 5-year GCIP Enhanced Observing Period (EOP) via McIDAS-X and then converted to GIF image format. These images are at 4 km resolution. These data are available for browsing purposes.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download
Preview dataset (plots/images)

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/V261-9RNF-D20Q
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2001-08-20)
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Related projects	GCIP/LSA-NW-00: GCIP Large Scale Area-North West EAOP-00 GCIP/LSA-NW-99: GCIP Large Scale Area-North West EAOP-99 GCIP/EOP: GCIP Enhanced Observing Period GCIP/ESOP-97: GCIP Large Scale Area-North Central ESOP-97 GCIP/NESOB-97: ARM/GCIP Near-Surface Observation Data Set - 1997 GCIP/ESOP-98: GCIP Large Scale Area-North Central ESOP-98 GCIP/EAOP-98: GCIP Large Scale Area-East EAOP-98 GCIP/EAOP-99: GCIP Large Scale Area-East EAOP-99
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	daily
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	GOES-8
Instruments	GOES-8 Imager
GCMD Science Keywords	VISIBLE IMAGERY Expand keywords
Related links	info: GCIP Data Plans and Reports homepage: GCIP EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/EAOP 99 EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/EAOP-98 EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/EOP EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/ESOP 97 EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/ESOP 98 EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/LSA-NW 00 EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/LSA-NW 99 EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/NESOB 97 EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1995-10-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2001-03-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 52.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 27.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -114.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -84.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

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

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2001. GOES-8 VIS Satellite Imagery. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/V261-9RNF-D20Q. Accessed 16 Jul 2025.

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