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Description

The GOES Water Vapor Transport CD contains nineteen months of geostationary satellite-derived products from the GOES-8 satellite spanning the 1987-1988 El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. Water vapor transport variables was derived using the Marshall Automated Winds (MAW) tracking algorithm from GOES data are provided in daily and monthly gridded and non-gridded formats. Relative humidity was calculated using a modified version of the brightness temperature to relative humidity conversion technique. Pressure heights were assigned to each wind vector using the simple IR window technique. Data are available in binary and McIDAS format. For further information and to obtain this data, please contact GHRC at support-ghrc@earthdata.nasa.gov

Product Summary

Platforms
GOES-8
Instruments
GOES-8 Imager
Spatial Extent
N: 45 S: -30 E: -30 W: -120
Geographic Region
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1987-05-05 to 1988-11-30
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
c1995554230-ghrc_daac
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Gary Jedlovec, J. L. (2025). GOES WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GHRC/GOES/DATA201 Date Accessed: 2025-07-09

Documents

PI DOCUMENTATION A Satellite-Derived Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor Transport Index for Climate Studies
USER'S GUIDE The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset

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