CSPP Geo AIT Framework Version 2.3.0 Release

14 Mar 2025

The production release of the Version 2.3 CSPP Geo Algorithm Integration Team (AIT) Framework package processes Level 1B (L1B) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data from the GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18 and GOES-19 satellites, and generates Level 2 (L2) derived geophysical products.

The Version 2.3 production release includes the following changes since the Version 2.1 production release:

  • ABI data from GOES-19 can be processed.
  • The full set of CSPP Geo products can now be generated for all supported satellites (previously a reduced set of products was supported for GOES-17 and GOES-18).
  • The NOAA science algorithms and core processing software have been updated to the latest versions, incorporating changes since September 2023.
  • Dynamic ancillary data is now downloaded using the system curl instead of bundled Python libraries. This change is to improve compatibility with FIPS-compliant user systems, and avoid potential incompatibilities with the system OpenSSL.
  • Additional changes include bug fixes, robustness improvements and metadata improvements.

Recommended system requirements for the CSPP AIT Framework software are as follows. This system will allow generation of the full set of Version 2.3 products for all image times. Legacy machines can still be used but will be unable to generate the full set of v2.3 products.

  • AMD Zen 3 generation CPU or Intel equivalent (Intel Rocket Lake Xeon processor generation, circa 2021) or newer, 48 physical cores (e.g. 2 x 24-core), 2.8GHz.
  • 256 GB RAM
  • Rocky 8 or Rocky 9 64-bit Linux (or other compatible 64-bit Linux distribution),
  • 25 TB disk space (does not include long-term storage), capable of a sustained 130 MiB/s random write speeds.

An internet connection is required to download dynamic ancillary data. The expected volume of dynamic ancillary data is about 4.4 GB per day (all products) or 2.6 GB per day if Low Cloud and Fog is excluded.

 

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