NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Volcanic Ash: Detection and Height (VAA)

Description

The Volcanic Ash: Detection and Height product contains two images with pixel values identifying volcanic ash cloud height and volcanic ash mass loading. The ash cloud top height is the geopotential height of the ash cloud top. The ash mass loading in the mass of volcanic ash per unit of area. The product includes two types of data quality information. One type of data quality indicator describes the quality of the volcanic ash detection, providing an assessment of the presence of volcanic ash for on-earth pixels including an indication of good or degraded quality, or invalid pixels, and the confidence in the detection of volcanic ash existing in single and multiple layers. The second type of data quality indicator provides information about the quality and ash characteristics of the retrieval for on-earth pixels, identifying failure conditions, cloud top temperature, cloud emissivity, and absorbed optical depth ratio retrieval quality, and the volcanic ash particle size. The units of measure for the ash cloud top height value is meters. The units of measure for the ash mass loading value is metric tons (tonnes) per square kilometer. The Volcanic Ash: Detection and Height product images are produced on the ABI fixed grid at 2 km resolution for the Full Disk coverage region. Product data is produced for geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 90 degrees for both daytime and nighttime conditions.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Information on AWS data access. https://aws.amazon.com/public-datasets/goes/
0 Search the data archive and submit an order for the dataset via the interface. http://www.class.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=GRABIPRD
0 Webpage with product README files, general information, and data access links. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/satellite-data/goes-r-series-satellites
0 Search the data archive and submit an order for the dataset via the interface. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/airs-web/search
21 The fact sheets are designed as quick reference guides to provide users with information on each of the GOES-R series Advanced Baseline Imager's 16 spectral bands. https://www.goes-r.gov/mission/ABI-bands-quick-info.html
21 Browse view to explore the S3 bucket for GOES-16 datasets. . https://noaa-goes16.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
21 Browse view to explore the S3 bucket for GOES-17 datasets. . https://noaa-goes17.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
0 Browse view to explore the Google Cloud bucket for GOES-16. Data relevant to this can be found in folders with the prefix ABI-L2-VAA. https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/gcp-public-data-goes-16
0 Information on Google Cloud data access for GOES-16 datasets. https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/noaa-public/goes-16
0 Information on Google Cloud data access for GOES-17 datasets. https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/noaa-public/goes-17
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
33 The Product Definition and User's Guide (PUG) document provides product descriptions and formats for all data and products produced and made available to users by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R Series (GOES-R) Core Ground Segment (GS). http://www.goes-r.gov/users/docs/PUG-main-vol1.pdf
33 The Product Definition and User's Guide (PUG) document provides product descriptions and formats for all data and products produced and made available to users by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R Series (GOES-R) Core Ground Segment (GS). http://www.goes-r.gov/products/docs/PUG-L2+-vol5.pdf
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/nrnm-cm63
21 Webpage with product algorithm, users guides, and education and outreach materials. http://www.goes-r.gov/resources/docs.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Schmit, T., Griffith, P., et al, (2017), A closer look at the ABI on the GOES-R series, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98(4), 681–698, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00230.1. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00230.1
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Pavolonis, M., Heidinger, A., et al, (2013), Automated retrievals of volcanic ash and dust cloud properties from upwelling infrared measurements, J. Geo. Res. Atmo., 118(3), 1436–1458, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50173. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50173

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  • atmospheric - composition - aerosol properties
  • vertical location
  • human dimensions
  • south america
  • united states of america
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  • dust/ash/smoke
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  • atlantic ocean
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  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
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  • ocean
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  • central america
  • advanced baseline imager
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  • mid-latitude
  • volcanic eruptions
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  • southern hemisphere
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