{"id":62530,"date":"2025-01-10T18:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T18:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=62530"},"modified":"2025-01-10T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:50:21","slug":"more-level-2-products-in-cspp-geosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/62530","title":{"rendered":"More Level 2 Products in CSPP Geosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"704\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2592 \/ 704;\" width=\"2592\" controls loop src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSPPGeosphere_GOESWEST_CONUS_AOD_TRUECOLOR_1731_2026_09January2025.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-18 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), left) and GOES-18 True Color Imagery (right), 1731-2021 UTC, 9 January 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CIMSS Scientists are adding more Level 2 GOES products (from both GOES-East and GOES-West) to <a href=\"https:\/\/geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu\/#coordinate:0,0;\">Geosphere<\/a>. The animation above shows Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) (on the left) and True Color imagery (on the right).  The images highlight smoke from fires near Los Angeles on 9 January 2025. The individual AOD and the True Color fields are also shown below. Aerosol Watch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov\/smcd\/spb\/aq\/AerosolWatch\/?product_date=20250109&amp;zoom=7&amp;lat0=34.00000000000003&amp;lon0=-118&amp;layers=1&amp;region=conus&amp;start_time=1721&amp;end_time=2031\">link<\/a>) also shows GOES-16\/GOES-18 AOD fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AOD is computed only in regions that are presumed cloud-free.  In regions where the smoke is very thick, such as in the westernmost smoke plume, AOD is not computed because the algorithm is likely misinterpreting the thick smoke as cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"704\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1296 \/ 704;\" width=\"1296\" controls loop src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/goeswest_abi_radc_true_color_nightaod_s20250109173117_e20250109202117_f35.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-18 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), 1731-2021 UTC, 9 January 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"704\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1296 \/ 704;\" width=\"1296\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/goeswest_abi_radc_true_color_night_s20250109173117_e20250109202117_f35.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-18 True Color Imagery, 1731-2021 UTC, 9 January 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, AOD and Land Surface Temperature fields are available only at the test CSPP Geosphere site. Cloud Top Height\/Cloud Top Temperature are available at both urls.  The CSPP Geosphere site is at <a href=\"https:\/\/geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu\/#coordinate:0,0;\">https:\/\/geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu\/#coordinate:0,0;<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIMSS Scientists are adding more Level 2 GOES products (from both GOES-East and GOES-West) to Geosphere. The animation above shows Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) (on the left) and True Color imagery (on the right). The images highlight smoke from fires near Los Angeles on 9 January 2025. 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