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

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2018-02-16T00:00:00.000+00:00
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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Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Properties > Cloud Top Temperature Atmospheric - Upper-air - Cloud Properties Geographic Region > Equatorial Geographic Region > Mid-Latitude Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere Geographic Region > Western Hemisphere Geographic Region > Tropics 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-L2-ACHT gov.noaa.class:GRABIPRD GRABIPRD 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 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree 1 minute - < 1 hour 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 gov.noaa.class:GRABIPRD GRABIPRD ABIL2PROD ABIL2PACHI, ABIL2PACHR, ABIL2PACHT

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