Infrared Global Geostationary Composite

The National Center for Environmental Prediction/Aviation Weather Center (NCEP/AWS) Infrared Global Geostationary Composite data set contains global composite images from the infrared channels of four weather satellites in geosynchronous orbit. These satellites are the GMS (Japan), GOES-East, GOES-West (USA), and Meteosat (Europe). These imagers span nearly the entire globe with a small gap over India. Light areas in the image correspond to relatively cold regions (typically clouds), and dark areas correspond to relatively warm regions. The data resolution is 14 km spatial with the data remapped into a Mercator projection. The raw data is in the McIDAS area (image) format. This allows for navigation and temperature calibration of the data. However, the data has not necessarily been cross calibrated between sensors. Daily granules are available at half-hour intervals.

(START DATE: 1995-06-04 STOP DATE: Ongoing)

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