GOES-16 MCMIPC Series ABI Level 2 Cloud and Moisture Imagery CONUS

NOAA/GOES/16/MCMIPC
Dataset Availability
2017-07-10T00:00:00Z–2024-12-19T21:11:17Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("NOAA/GOES/16/MCMIPC")

Description

The Cloud and Moisture Imagery products are all at 2km resolution. Bands 1-6 are reflective. The dimensionless "reflectance factor" quantity is normalized by the solar zenith angle. These bands support the characterization of clouds, vegetation, snow/ice, and aerosols. Bands 7-16 are emissive. The brightness temperature at the Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) is measured in Kelvin. These bands support the characterization of the surface, clouds, water vapor, ozone, volcanic ash, and dust based on emissive properties.

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Bands

Resolution
2000 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Wavelength Description
CMI_C01 Reflectance factor 0 1.3 0.45-0.49µm

Visible - Blue

Daytime aerosol over land, coastal water mapping.
DQF_C01 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C02 Reflectance factor 0 1.3 0.59-0.69µm

Visible - Red

Daytime clouds, fog, insolation, winds
DQF_C02 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C03 Reflectance factor 0 1.3 0.846-0.885µm

Near-IR - Veggie

Daytime vegetation, burn scar, aerosol over water, winds
DQF_C03 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C04 Reflectance factor 0 1.3 1.371-1.386µm

Near-IR - Cirrus

Daytime cirrus cloud
DQF_C04 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C05 Reflectance factor 0 1.3 1.58-1.64µm

Near-IR - Snow/Ice

Daytime cloud-top phase and particle size, snow
DQF_C05 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C06 Reflectance factor 0 1.3 2.225-2.275µm

Near IR - Cloud Particle Size

Daytime land, cloud properties, particle size, vegetation, snow
DQF_C06 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C07 K 197.31 411.86 3.80-4.00µm

Infrared - Shortwave Window

Brightness
DQF_C07 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C08 K 138.05 311.06 5.77-6.6µm

Infrared - Upper-level water vapor

High-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall

Brightness
DQF_C08 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C09 K 137.7 311.08 6.75-7.15µm

Infrared - Mid-level water vapor

Mid-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall

Brightness
DQF_C09 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C10 K 126.91 331.2 7.24-7.44µm

Infrared - Lower-level water vapor

Lower-level water vapor, winds, and sulfur dioxide

Brightness
DQF_C10 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C11 K 127.69 341.3 8.3-8.7µm

Infrared - Cloud-top phase

Total water for stability, cloud phase, dust, sulfur dioxide, rainfall

Brightness
DQF_C11 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C12 K 117.49 311.06 9.42-9.8µm

Infrared - Ozone

Total ozone, turbulence, winds
DQF_C12 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C13 K 89.62 341.27 10.1-10.6µm

Infrared - "Clean" longwave window

Surface and clouds

Brightness
DQF_C13 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C14 K 96.19 341.28 10.8-11.6µm

Infrared - Longwave window

Imagery, sea surface temperature, clouds, rainfall

Brightness
DQF_C14 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C15 K 97.38 341.28 11.8-12.8µm

Infrared "Dirty" longwave

Total water, volcanic ash, sea surface temperature

Brightness
DQF_C15 0 4

Data quality flags
CMI_C16 K 92.7 318.26 13.0-13.6µm

Infrared - CO_2 longwave

Air temperature, cloud heights

Brightness
DQF_C16 0 4

Data quality flags

DQF_C01 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C02 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C03 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C04 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C05 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C06 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C07 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C08 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C09 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C10 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C11 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C12 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C13 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C14 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C15 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C16 Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #ffffff Good pixels
1 #ff00ff Conditionally usable pixels
2 #0000ff Out of range pixels
3 #00ffff No value pixels
4 #ffff00 Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
CMI_C01_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C01 values
CMI_C01_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C01 values
CMI_C02_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C02 values
CMI_C02_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C02 values
CMI_C03_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C03 values
CMI_C03_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C03 values
CMI_C04_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C04 values
CMI_C04_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C04 values
CMI_C05_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C05 values
CMI_C05_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C05 values
CMI_C06_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C06 values
CMI_C06_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C06 values
CMI_C07_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C07 values
CMI_C07_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C07 values
CMI_C08_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C08 values
CMI_C08_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C08 values
CMI_C09_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C09 values
CMI_C09_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C09 values
CMI_C10_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C10 values
CMI_C10_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C10 values
CMI_C11_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C11 values
CMI_C11_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C11 values
CMI_C12_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C12 values
CMI_C12_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C12 values
CMI_C13_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C13 values
CMI_C13_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C13 values
CMI_C14_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C14 values
CMI_C14_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C14 values
CMI_C15_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C15 values
CMI_C15_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C15 values
CMI_C16_offset DOUBLE

Offset to add to scaled CMI_C16 values
CMI_C16_scale DOUBLE

Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C16 values

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

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Citations

Citations:

  • Bah, Gunshor, Schmit, Generation of GOES-16 True Color Imagery without a Green Band, 2018. doi:10.1029/2018EA000379

  • Product User Guide (PUG) Volume 5, L2+ Products.

  • Schmit, T., Griffith, P., et al, (2016), 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

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Band aliases.
var BLUE = 'CMI_C01';
var RED = 'CMI_C02';
var VEGGIE = 'CMI_C03';
var GREEN = 'GREEN';
// 16 pairs of CMI and DQF followed by Bah 2018 synthetic green.
// Band numbers in the EE asset, 0-based.
var NUM_BANDS = 33;
// Skipping the interleaved DQF bands.
var BLUE_BAND_INDEX = (1 - 1) * 2;
var RED_BAND_INDEX = (2 - 1) * 2;
var VEGGIE_BAND_INDEX = (3 - 1) * 2;
var GREEN_BAND_INDEX = NUM_BANDS - 1;

// Visualization range for GOES RGB.
var GOES_MIN = 0.0;
var GOES_MAX = 0.7;  // Alternatively 1.0 or 1.3.
var GAMMA = 1.3;

var goesRgbViz = {
  bands: [RED, GREEN, BLUE],
  min: GOES_MIN,
  max: GOES_MAX,
  gamma: GAMMA
};

var applyScaleAndOffset = function(image) {
  image = ee.Image(image);
  var bands = new Array(NUM_BANDS);
  for (var i = 1; i < 17; i++) {
    var bandName = 'CMI_C' + (100 + i + '').slice(-2);
    var offset = ee.Number(image.get(bandName + '_offset'));
    var scale =  ee.Number(image.get(bandName + '_scale'));
    bands[(i-1) * 2] = image.select(bandName).multiply(scale).add(offset);

    var dqfName = 'DQF_C' + (100 + i + '').slice(-2);
    bands[(i-1) * 2 + 1] = image.select(dqfName);
  }

  // Bah, Gunshor, Schmit, Generation of GOES-16 True Color Imagery without a
  // Green Band, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EA000379
  // Green = 0.45 * Red + 0.10 * NIR + 0.45 * Blue
  var green1 = bands[RED_BAND_INDEX].multiply(0.45);
  var green2 = bands[VEGGIE_BAND_INDEX].multiply(0.10);
  var green3 = bands[BLUE_BAND_INDEX].multiply(0.45);
  var green = green1.add(green2).add(green3);
  bands[GREEN_BAND_INDEX] = green.rename(GREEN);

  return ee.Image(ee.Image(bands).copyProperties(image, image.propertyNames()));
};

var collection = 'NOAA/GOES/16/MCMIPC/';
var imageName = '2020211203115800000';
var assetId = collection + imageName;
var image = applyScaleAndOffset(assetId);
Map.setCenter(-75, 37, 5);
Map.addLayer(image, goesRgbViz);
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The Cloud and Moisture Imagery products are all at 2km resolution. Bands 1-6 are reflective. The dimensionless "reflectance factor" quantity is normalized by the solar zenith angle. These bands support the characterization of clouds, vegetation, snow/ice, and aerosols. Bands 7-16 are emissive. The brightness temperature at the Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) is …
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2017-07-10T00:00:00Z/2024-12-19T21:11:17Z
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