MEMORANDUM FOR: Great Lakes CoastWatch Users FROM: George A. Leshkevich, Great Lakes CoastWatch Manager SUBJECT: CoastWatch File Naming Convention Update DATE: 11/06/2001
| YYYY_JJJ_HHMM_SSS_NR_PP.TYP | ||
| YYYY | Year | |
| JJJ | Julian Day | |
| HH | Hour | |
| MM | Minute | |
| SSS | Satellite Code (N14, N16, etc.) | |
| NR | CoastWatch Node and Regional Scene (l, m, s, e) | |
| PP | Product Data Type (d1, s7, etc.) | |
| TYP | File Format Type (cwf, gif, hdf, etc) | |
| Example | 2001_310_1740_n16_gl_d1.cwf | |
| 2003_190_0636_n18_gr.hdf | ||
| 2003_190_0636_n18_gr_s7.png | ||
| 2003_190_0636_n18_gr_s7.tif | ||
File name format: RYYDDDHH.STT, where:
R = CoastWatch Region Identifier
YY = Last two digits of the year (99 = 1999, 00 = 2000)
DDD = Day of the year
HH = GMT Hour (00-23) or other designator
= MM, Meterological Model
S = CoastWatch Subregion Identifier (unique within region)
TT = Type of Product Identifier
For example, an SST image of Lake Superior , G9035814.SS1.
If a product is not confined to a subregion within a CoastWatch
region, use the synoptic identifier for the subregion.
Regional Identifiers: Subregional Identifiers:
G = Great Lakes L = Entire 5 lake region
synoptic
S = Superior and northern
Michigan high resolution
M = Michigan and Huron high
resolution
E = Erie and Ontario
high resolution
E = Northeast Coast M = Gulf of Maine
high resolution
G = Georges Bank
high resolution
D = Dump site 106
high resolution
S = Southern New England
high resolution
C = Chesapeake Bay
high resolution
N = Northeast Synoptic
E = Extended NE Region
S = Southeast N = North Carolina high
resolution
G = South Carolina and Georgia
high resolution
E = East Florida
high resolution
S = South Florida high
resolution
W = West Florida
high resolution
Y = Southeast
synoptic
X = Extended SE Region
M = Gulf of Mexico T = Texas high
resolution
C = Central Gulf Coast high
resolution
W = West Florida high
resolution
L = Louisiana and Mississippi
high resolution
Y = Gulf of Mexico
synoptic
P = Yucatan Penisula high
resolution
W = West Coast Y = West Coast
synoptic (GAC at CEMSCS)
Z = West Coast
synoptic
(LAC subsampled at node)
O = Oregon high resolution
L = Southern California high
resolution
W = Washington high resolution
S = Southwest region high
resolution
U = Northern California high
resolution
N = Northwest region high
resolution
C = Caribbean P = Puerto Rico
high resolution
J = Jamaica
high resolution
H = Hawaii Y = Hawaiian
synoptic
H = Main Is. Mesoscale
A = Alaska A = Aleutian Islands
synoptic
Z = non-US coast P = Persian Gulf
Product Type Codes:
C1 = channel 1 albedo
C2 = channel 2 albedo
C3 = channel 3 brightness temperatures
C4 = channel 4 brightness temperatures
C5 = channel 5 brightness temperatures
CM = Cloud Mask
D1 = daytime split-window MCSST
D2 = daytime dual-window MCSST
D3 = daytime triple-window MCSST
D4 = daytime split-window CPSST
D5 = daytime dual-window CPSST
D6 = daytime triple-window CPSST
D7 = daytime split-window NLSST
D8 = daytime dual-window NLSST
D9 = daytime triple-window NLSST
MO = meterological observations (synoptic)
OR = Ocean reflectance
R1 = channel 1 reflectance
R2 = channel 2 reflectance
RC = aerosol-corrected reflectance (C1 & C2)
RD = aerosol and Rayleigh corrected reflectance (C1 & C2)
S1 = nighttime split-window MCSST
S2 = nighttime dual-window MCSST
S3 = nighttime triple-window MCSST
S4 = nighttime split-window CPSST
S5 = nighttime dual-window CPSST
S6 = nighttime triple-window CPSST
S7 = nighttime split-window NLSST
S8 = nighttime dual-window NLSST
S9 = nighttime triple-window NLSST
SZ = satellite zenith angle
ZS = satellite zenith angle
ZA = solar zenith angle
ZN = nadir angle (scan angle)
ZR = relative azimuth angle