SSEC Data Center Archive Data

SSEC Data Center Archive

The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) currently archives research-quality data from six different geostationary satellites. SSEC also archives point, grid and text data from the NOAAport broadcast

Data from SSEC is available in many different delivery formats.

GOES Satellites

*Satellite*	*Dates Archived*	*Data Format*	*Media*
GOES-12 GOES Schedules	Apr 1, 2003 - Present	Raw GVAR signal*	IBM 3590
GOES-11 GOES Schedules	July 6, 2005 - August 3, 2005	Raw GVAR signal*	IBM 3590
GOES-11 GOES Schedules	May 26, 2006 - Present	Raw GVAR signal	IBM 3590
GOES-10 GOES Schedules	July 21, 1998 - Present	Raw GVAR signal*	IBM 3590
GOES-9 GOES Schedules	October 1, 1997 - July 21, 1998	Raw GVAR signal*	IBM 3590
	January 9, 1996 - October 1, 1997	Raw GVAR signal	IBM 3590
	April 23, 2003 - November 17, 2005	Raw GVAR signal	IBM 3590
GOES-8 GOES Schedules	October 1, 1997 - April 1, 2003	Raw GVAR signal*	IBM 3590
GOES-8 GOES Schedules	September 1, 1994 - October 1, 1997	Raw GVAR signal	IBM 3590
GOES-7 GOES Schedules	March 25, 1987 - January 9, 1996	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
GOES-6 GOES Schedules	June 1, 1983 - January 21, 1989	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
GOES-5 GOES Schedules	August 5, 1981 - July 30, 1984	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
GOES-4 GOES Schedules	March 5, 1981 - November 26, 1982	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
GOES-3 GOES Schedules	November 20, 1978 - March 5, 1981	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
GOES-2 GOES Schedules	February 20, 1978 - January 26, 1979	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
GOES-1 GOES Schedules	November 29, 1982 - May 31, 1983	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
SMS-II GOES Schedules	April 19, 1979 - August 5, 1981	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590
SMS-I GOES Schedules	January 26, 1979 - April 19, 1979	Stretched VISSR	IBM 3590

Other Geostationary Satellites

*Satellite*	*Dates Archived*	*Data Format*	*Media*
GMS-5	November 9, 1998 - May 21, 2003	GOES Format (McIDAS AREAs)	Online
Meteosat-5	March 9, 1999 - January 25, 2007	PDUS (pre 9/2005) OpenMTP(9/2005 onwards)	Online
Meteosat-7	March 9, 1999 - May 15, 2006 January 25, 2007 - Present	PDUS(pre 2007) OpenMTP(2007 onwards)	Online
Meteosat-8	April 8, 2004 - April 10, 2007	HRIT	Online
Meteosat-9	April 11, 2007 - Present	HRIT	Online
MTSAT-1R HiRID	July 5, 2005 - October 26, 2007	GOES Format (McIDAS AREAS)	Online
MTSAT-1R HRIT	September 15, 2007 - Present	HRIT	Online
FY-2C	June 25, 2005 - present	GOES Format (McIDAS AREAs)	LTO
FY-2D	August 27, 2007 - present	GOES Format (McIDAS AREAs)	LTO
Kalpana	December 5, 2004 - present	HDF Format	Online

Conventional Data

*Data Type*	*Dates Archived*	*Data Format*	*Media*
Point	March, 1976 - Present	McIDAS MD	IBM 3590
Model Grids	September 1996 - August 20, 2004	McIDAS GRIDs	IBM 3590
Model GRIB Data Contains the gribs from the NOAAPORT feed; GFS is res 1.25	July 29, 2003 - present	NOAAPORT GRIB	DLT & LTO
Text	September 1996 - Present	McIDAS TEXT	IBM 3590

Special Products

*Data Type*	*Dates Archived*	*Data Format*	*Media*
Global Montage	April, 1997 - Present	McIDAS AREA	IBM 3590
Global IR Satellite composites	April 1997 - Present	McIDAS AREAs	IBM 3590

All data currently being archived at the Space Science and Engineering Center uses the SSEC Desktop Ingestor (SDI).

*sounder data is also archived as GOES format AREAs for faster retrieval.

To get a cost estimate on the purchase of data from the SSEC Data Center Archive please contact Jerrold Robaidek .

Updated 8 October 2007 by SSEC Data Center