SSEC Data Center Archive
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SSEC Data Center Archive Data |
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SSEC Data Center Archive
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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
Other Geostationary Satellites
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 GOES data currently being archived at the Space Science and
Engineering Center uses the SSEC SDI-104.
*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

