SSEC Data Center Archive
SSEC Data Center Archive Data
SSEC Data Center Archive
The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) currently archives research-quality
data from nine 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-15
GOES Schedules
March 30, 2010 - October 25, 2010
July 25, 2011 - present
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-14
GOES Schedules
July 20, 2009 - January 19, 2010
August 16, 2012 - November 1, 2012
May 23, 2013 - June 14, 2013
August 1, 2013 - August 29, 2013
May 6, 2014 - May 27 2014
August 7, 2014 - August 29, 2014
April 24, 2015 - June 15, 2015
August 4, 2015 - August 26, 2015
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-13
GOES Schedules
July 3, 2006 - January 5, 2007
July 20, 2007 - August 15, 2007
August 1, 2008 - April 16, 2009
January 27, 2010 - September 23, 2012
October 11, 2012 - May 22, 2013
May 30, 2013 - present
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-12
GOES Schedules
August 16, 2001 - January 7, 2002
January 16, 2003 - August 15, 2013
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-11
GOES Schedules
June 4, 2004 - July 1, 2004
July 6, 2005 - August 3, 2005
May 25, 2006 - December 6, 2011
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-10
GOES Schedules
March 9, 1998 - June 21, 2006
August 15, 2006 - October 2, 2006
December 21, 2006 - December 1, 2009
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-9
GOES Schedules
August 31, 1995 - July 21, 1998
April 23, 2003 - November 17, 2005
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-8
GOES Schedules
August 31, 1994 - April 1, 2003
Raw GVAR signal
Online
GOES-7
GOES Schedules
March 25, 1987 - January 9, 1996
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
GOES-6
GOES Schedules
June 1, 1983 - April 2, 1987
October 20, 1987 - January 21, 1989
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
GOES-5
GOES Schedules
August 6, 1981 - July 29, 1984
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
GOES-4
GOES Schedules
January 5, 1981 - November 25, 1982
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
GOES-3
GOES Schedules
November 20, 1978 - March 4, 1981
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
GOES-2
GOES Schedules
February 18, 1978 - January 26, 1979
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
GOES-1
GOES Schedules
December 2, 1978 - December 1, 1979
November 29, 1982 - May 31, 1983
April 30, 1984 - February 3, 1985
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
SMS-II
GOES Schedules
April 20, 1979 - August 5, 1981
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
SMS-I
GOES Schedules
January 27, 1979 - April 19, 1979
Stretched VISSR
Available online soon
Other Geostationary Satellites
Satellite
Dates Archived
Data Format
Media
COMS-1
June 6,2012 - present
HRIT
Online
GMS-1
November 30, 1978 - December 1, 1979
GOES Format
(McIDAS AREAs)
Available Online soon
GMS-5
November 9, 1998 - May 21, 2003
GOES Format
(McIDAS AREAs)
Online
Meteosat-3
August 1, 1992 - December 31, 1993
March 1, 1994 - May 31, 1995
PDUS (pre 9/2005)
OpenMTP(9/2005 onwards)
Online
Meteosat-5
March 8, 1999 - January 25, 2007
PDUS (pre 9/2005)
OpenMTP(9/2005 onwards)
Online
Meteosat-7
March 5, 1999 - May 15, 2006
January 25, 2007 - Present
PDUS(pre 2007)
OpenMTP(2007 onwards)
Online
Meteosat-8
March 18, 2004 - April 11, 2007
HRIT
Online
Meteosat-9
April 11, 2007 - January 21, 2013
HRIT
Online
Meteosat-10
January 21, 2013 - Present
HRIT
Online
MTSAT-1R HiRID
July 5, 2005 - October 26, 2007
GOES Format
(McIDAS AREAS)
Online
MTSAT-1R HRIT
September 15, 2007 - July 1, 2010
HRIT
Online
MTSAT-2 HRIT
July 1, 2010 - December 4, 2015
HRIT
Online
Himawari-8
July 7, 2015 - present
HSD
Online
FY-2C
June 24, 2005 - November 24, 2009
GOES Format
(McIDAS AREAs)
Online
FY-2D
August 26, 2007 - June 30, 2015
GOES Format
(McIDAS AREAs)
Online
FY-2E
November 25, 2009 - December 28, 2009 (TEST DATA)
December 29, 2009 - June 3, 2015
July 1, 2015 - present
GOES Format
(McIDAS AREAs)
Online
FY-2G
June 3, 2015 - present
GOES Format
(McIDAS AREAs)
Online
Kalpana
December 3, 2004 - March 29, 2007
June 5, 2007 - August 31, 2009
October 14, 2010 - present
HDF Format
Online
Conventional Data
Data Type
Dates Archived
Data Format
Media
Point
March, 1976 - Present
McIDAS MD
Online
Model Grids
September 1996 - August 20, 2004
McIDAS GRIDs
Online
Model GRIB Data
Contains the gribs from the NOAAPORT feed; GFS is res 1.25
July 29, 2003 - present
NOAAPORT GRIB
Online
Text
September 1996 - Present
McIDAS TEXT
Online
Special Products
Data Type
Dates Archived
Data Format
Media
Global Satellite composites
June 2001 - Present
McIDAS AREAs
ADDE Server: GEOARC04.SSEC.WISC.EDU
ADDE Group: SATCOMP
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 7 December 2015 by
SSEC Data Center