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OSPO provides the operational AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) and VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer) swath and mapped files generated using the SeaSpace Corporation TeraScan software for NOAA CoastWatch Nodes and other users. Further details can be found in the ReadMe file. There are two main upper level directories: (1) Processed, which includes the AVHRR data, and (2) NDE Processed, which includes the SNPP VIIRS and NOAA20 VIIRS data. Multiple files are generated based on CoastWatch regions summarized below.
Code Description Type Map projection gc Gilmore Creek, AK swath n/a aa Alaska Sitka mapped Polar stereographic ax Alaska south mapped Polar stereographic ay Alaska west mapped Polar stereographic az Alaska north mapped Polar stereographic mi Miami, FL swath n/a ce Caribbean east mapped Mercator cw Caribbean west mapped Mercator mr Gulf of Mexico mapped Mercator wa West Coast Acapulco mapped Mercator wi Wallops Island, VA swath n/a er East Coast north mapped Mercator sr East Coast south mapped Mercator sb East Coast Bermuda mapped Mercator gr Great Lakes regional mapped Mercator eb Ewa Beach, HI swath n/a hr Hawaii regional mapped Mercator mo Monterey, CA swath n/a wj West Coast Baja mapped Mercator wn West Coast north mapped Mercator ws West Coast south mapped Mercator sl Great Salt Lake mapped Mercator
