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[AWIPS #VDI-502577]: Low resolution GOES data?

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #VDI-502577]: Low resolution GOES data?
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:33:33 -0600
Hi there,

> Ever since the new update, I've noticed that the GOES imagery data appears
> to be *significantly *lower resolution than before. The CH02 visible band
> (which should have 0.5km resolution) appears to be the same resolution as
> the CH10 band, for example (1km resolution). I'm not sure if this issue is
> a problem on my end or on yours, any ideas?
> After conducting some further tests, I've determined that CH02 for both full
> disks is really low resolution. The CONUS views seem to be working okay.

Sorry it's taken me a moment to get back to you. The GOES-16 and -17 FullDisk 
imagery is coming from NOAAPort and distributed in the NIMAGE IDD feed has 
always had 6km resolution. NOAA made this decision to save bandwidth in the 
NOAAPort SBN.

Hope that clears things up.

--Shay Carter

She/Her/Hers
AWIPS Software Engineer
UCAR - Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VDI-502577
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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