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NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Cloud Top Temperature (ACHT)

The GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Cloud Top Temperature product contains an image with pixel values identifying the atmospheric temperature at the top of a cloud layer. The product is generated in combination with the Cloud Top Height 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 temperature value is kelvin. The product image is provided at 2 km resolution on the ABI fixed grid for Full Disk, CONUS, and Mesoscale coverage regions from GOES East and West. Product data is produced under the following conditions: cloudy; Geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 70 degrees for both daytime and nighttime conditions.

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Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-20T02:55:04.613Z
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Description The GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Cloud Top Temperature product contains an image with pixel values identifying the atmospheric temperature at the top of a cloud layer. The product is generated in combination with the Cloud Top Height 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 temperature value is kelvin. The product image is provided at 2 km resolution on the ABI fixed grid for Full Disk, CONUS, and Mesoscale coverage regions from GOES East and West. Product data is produced under the following conditions: cloudy; Geolocated source data to local zenith angles of 70 degrees for both daytime and nighttime conditions.
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