New GOES-16 and JPSS Products Added To GNC-A

Dear GEONETCasters,

Today, the following products have been added to the GNC-A broadcast:

  • GOES-16 Derived Motion Winds (Bands 02, 07, 08, 09, 10 and 14)
  • Global Blended Total Precipitable Water
  • Suomi NPP Active Fires

The GOES-16 Derived Motion Winds NetCDF’s are received in the following folders:

GOES-R-Level-2-Products/DMWF-C02
GOES-R-Level-2-Products/DMWF-C07
GOES-R-Level-2-Products/DMWF-C08
GOES-R-Level-2-Products/DMWF-C09
GOES-R-Level-2-Products/DMWF-C10
GOES-R-Level-2-Products/DMWF-C14
GOES-R-Level-2-Products/DMWVF-C08

180129_goes16_infrared_winds_anim.gif

Low-Level Infrared-Cloud Drift Winds – UW-CIMMS/NESDIS

The hourly Global Blended Total Precipitable Water HDF’s are received in the following folder:

JPSS/PRODUCTS/BTPW

GLOBAL_TPW_20180308_12Z

The Active Fires TXT’s are received in the following folder:

JPSS/PRODUCTS/AF

This is an example of the Active Fire Product in it’s text format, with latitudes, longitudes, and other information:

Fire Text File.png

And here is an example of the information plotted in a map:

ActiveFiresNDE_20160318_lg.png

We’ll post how to manipulate these products in the near future.