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NOTICE: This product has now been terminated. It was superseeded by
GSIP V2 in April 2009 .
GOES Surface and Insolation Product (GSIP).Images for every hour of the most recent full day produced from the data in the Contiguous US (CONUS) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Surface and Insolation Product (GSIP) was shown at this site. The images were updated every day at 9:30 AM Eastern Standard Time. |
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The CONUS GSIP
product area was bounded by 66o-126oW
longitude and 24o-54oN latitude. The
CONUS GSIP was comprised of various geophysical parameters. The core parameters included solar
irradiance at the top of the atmosphere and at the surface and skin
temperature. The parameters were obtained from the radiances observed by
the imager/sounder instrument onboard GOES East (currently GOES-12).
Details are provided under “PROJECT”
on the left.
The
complete set of
parameters for the last six days were accessable from the NESDIS ftp
site. Selected parameters can also be downloaded from an ftp site at
the Department of Meteorology,
The GSIP estimates of the surface insolation were routinely compared with ground observations from the SURFRAD network. These comparisons can be viewed by following the links provided in “LINKS” on the left. |
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