Hi GEONETCasters,

In your GEONETCast-Americas receive stations there’s a folder called “GOES-R-Level-2-Products”, with several Baseline Products from GOES-R:

• Cloud Top Height (ACHAF)
• Cloud Top Temperature (ACHTF)
• Clear Sky Masks (ACMF)
• Cloud Top Phase (ACTPF)
• Cloud Optical Depth (CODF)
• Cloud Top Pressure (CTPF)
• Fire/Hot Spot Characterization (FDCF)
• Land Surface Temperature (LSTF)
• Rainfall Rate/QPE (RRQPEF)
• Sea Surface Temperature (SSTF)
• Total Precipitable Water (TPWF)
• Derived Motion Winds – Band 02 (DMWF-C02)
• Derived Motion Winds – Band 07 (DMWF-C07)
• Derived Motion Winds (Cloud Top) – Band 08 (DMWF-C08)
• Derived Motion Winds – Band 09 (DMWF-C09)
• Derived Motion Winds – Band 10 (DMWF-C10)
• Derived Motion Winds – Band 14 (DMWF-C14)
• Derived Motion Winds (Clear Sky) – Band 08 (DMWVF-C08)

In this Blog post, you have seen how to manipulate the Derived Motion Winds Product, and how to generate animations, as the one below:

Please find in the end of this Blog post a Python script example to manipulate the other 11 Baseline Products on the GNC-A broadcast (and some others that will be added in the future, when they reach the Provisional Maturity Level).

Some key aspects:

• You may change the resolution in the “resolution” variable
• You may change the extent in the “extent” variable
• You may change the color table in the “vmin”, “vmax” and “cmap” variables

Please find below some screenshots:

• Cloud Top Height (ACHAF)

• Cloud Top Temperature (ACHTF)

• Clear Sky Masks (ACMF)

• Cloud Top Phase (ACTPF)

• Cloud Optical Depth (CODF)

• Cloud Top Pressure (CTPF)

• Fire/Hot Spot Characterization (FDCF)

• Land Surface Temperature (LSTF)

• Rainfall Rate Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (RRQPEF)

• Sea Surface Temperature (SSTF)

Total Precipitable Water (TPWF)

•  Aerosol Optical Depth (AODF) – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Cloud Particle Size (CPSF) – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Derived Stability Indices (DSIF) – CAPE – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Derived Stability Indices (DSIF) – KI – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Derived Stability Indices (DSIF) – LI – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Derived Stability Indices (DSIF) – SI – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Derived Stability Indices (DSIF) – TT – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Snow Cover (FSCF) – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Volcanic Ash (VAAF) – VAH – Not added to the broadcast yet!

• Volcanic Ash (VAAF) – VAML – Not added to the broadcast yet!

Please download the script used to create these plots by clicking at the image below.

And please find at this link the adapted remap.py script, required to run the script above.

Stay tuned for news!