WMO Header Descriptions for
Image Data
WMO Header information
Syntax:
TTSAII SSSS
Where:
T - Report type (Always "T")
T - Data type
S - Satellite type
A - Area type
II - Product type
SSSS - Image source
Data Type (T)
| T |
Description |
| A |
Atmospheric parameters |
| D |
Databases |
| I |
Images |
| O |
Ocean surface |
Satellite (S)
| S |
Description |
| D |
DMSP |
| E |
ERS |
| G |
GOES |
| J |
JERS |
| K |
GMS |
| M |
Meteosat |
| R |
GOES 16/17 Large-scale |
| S |
GOES 16 Mesoscale |
| T |
TIROS |
| U |
GOES 17 Mesoscale |
Area Type or Data Subtype (A)
| A |
Area type |
Comment |
| A |
Alaska Regional |
| B |
Alaska National |
| E |
East CONUS |
| F |
Northern Hemisphere |
| H |
Hawaii Regional |
| I |
Hawaii National |
| N |
Super-National Composite |
| P |
Puerto Rico Regional |
| Q |
Puerto Rico National |
| S |
East Fuil Disk |
| T |
West Fuil Disk |
| W |
West CONUS |
Product Type (II) Legacy
| II |
Description |
| 01 |
Visible |
| 02 |
11 micron (standard IR) |
| 03 |
12 micron |
| 04 |
3.9 micron |
| 05 |
6.7 micron (water vapor) |
| 06 |
Derived #1 |
| 07 |
Derived #2 |
| 08 |
Derived #3 |
| 09 |
Derived #4 |
Product Type (II) GOES-R
| II |
Name |
Wavelength |
Function |
| 01 |
ABI chan 01 - Visible Blue |
0.47 |
Aerosols |
| 02 |
ABI chan 02 - Visible Red |
0.64 |
Clouds, high res |
| 03 |
ABI chan 03 - Near IR Veg |
0.865 |
Vegetation |
| 04 |
ABI chan 04 - Near IR Cirrus |
1.378 |
Clouds, cirrus |
| 05 |
ABI chan 05 - Near IR Snow/Ice |
1.61 |
Clouds, snow/ice |
| 06 |
ABI chan 06 - Near IR Particle |
2.25 |
Clouds, particle size |
| 07 |
ABI chan 07 - IR Shortwave |
3.90 |
Fog, stratus |
| 08 |
ABI chan 08 - Upper Level Water Vapor |
6.90 |
|
| 09 |
ABI chan 09 - Mid Level Water Vapor |
6.95 |
Common WV |
| 10 |
ABI chan 10 - Low Level Water Vapor |
7.34 |
|
| 11 |
ABI chan 11 - IR Cloud Top Phase |
8.50 |
|
| 12 |
ABI chan 12 - IR Ozone |
9.61 |
Total column ozone |
| 13 |
ABI chan 13 - IR Clean Longwave |
10.35 |
Clouds |
| 14 |
ABI chan 14 - IR Longwave Window |
11.20 |
Clouds |
| 15 |
ABI chan 15 - IR Dirty Longwave |
12.30 |
Clouds |
| 16 |
ABI chan 16 - IR CO2 Longwave |
13.30 |
Clouds, air temperature |
Image Source
| SSSS |
Description |
| KNES |
NOAA NESDIS |
Last updated April 30, 2020