The Cloud Top Height product contains an image with pixel values identifying the geopotential height at the top of a cloud layer. The product is generated in combination with the Cloud Top Temperature and Cloud Top Pressure products by the same algorithm. The product includes data quality information that provides an assessment of the cloud top height data values for on-earth pixels. The units of measure for the cloud top height value is meters. The Cloud Top Pressure product image is produced on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) fixed grid (at 10 km for Full Disk and CONUS coverage regions and at 4km for Mesoscale) under the following conditions: Cloudy; Geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 70 degrees for both daytime and nighttime conditions. The product's spatial resolution increased from 10 and 4 km to 2 km on 24 March 2023.
About this Dataset
| Title | NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Cloud Top Height (ACHA) |
|---|---|
| Description | The Cloud Top Height product contains an image with pixel values identifying the geopotential height at the top of a cloud layer. The product is generated in combination with the Cloud Top Temperature and Cloud Top Pressure products by the same algorithm. The product includes data quality information that provides an assessment of the cloud top height data values for on-earth pixels. The units of measure for the cloud top height value is meters. The Cloud Top Pressure product image is produced on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) fixed grid (at 10 km for Full Disk and CONUS coverage regions and at 4km for Mesoscale) under the following conditions: Cloudy; Geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 70 degrees for both daytime and nighttime conditions. The product's spatial resolution increased from 10 and 4 km to 2 km on 24 March 2023. |
| Modified | 2025-11-20T02:55:03.655Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Properties > Cloud Top Height , Atmospheric - Upper-air - Cloud Properties , Geographic Region > Equatorial , Geographic Region > Mid-Latitude , Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere , Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere , Geographic Region > Tropics , Geographic Region > Western Hemisphere , Continent > North America > United States Of America , Continent > North America > Central America , Continent > South America , Ocean > Atlantic Ocean , Ocean > Pacific Ocean , Vertical Location > Troposphere , GOES > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites , ABI > Advanced Baseline Imager , GOES-16 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 , GOES-17 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 , GOES-18 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 18 , GOES-19 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 19 , 10 km - HTML Markup Was Removed , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , ABI-L2-ACHA , ABI-L2-ACHA2KM , gov.noaa.class:GRABIPRD , GRABIPRD , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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