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Description

High resolution downwelling solar, PAR, infrared radiation and rain rates retrieved from GOES-8 imager. The data set covers primarily Amazon watershed area. It has 8km and half hourly resolution. Data covers two periods in 1999: March 1 - April 30 and September 1 - October 31. Files are available in compressed binary format.

Product Summary

Platforms
GOES-8
Instruments
GOES-8 Imager
Spatial Extent
N: 5 S: -15 E: -40 W: -75
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1999-03-01 to 2005-06-29
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2777335210-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Incoming Solar Radiation,
Longwave Radiation,
Precipitation Rate,
Photosynthetically Active Radiation

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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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Gu, J. J., Smith, E. A., & Cooper, H. J. (2005). LBA-ECO CD-07 GOES-8 L3 Gridded Surface Radiation and Rain Rate for Amazonia: 1999 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/831 Date Accessed: 2025-10-08

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