GOES-19 MCMIPF Series ABI Level 2 Cloud and Moisture Imagery Full Disk

Page Summary

• The GOES-19 Cloud and Moisture Imagery products provide data at 2km resolution for characterizing atmospheric and surface features.

• Bands 1-6 are reflective and support the characterization of clouds, vegetation, snow/ice, and aerosols.

• Bands 7-16 are emissive, measuring brightness temperature, and are used for characterizing the surface, clouds, water vapor, ozone, volcanic ash, and dust.

• Operational data production for GOES-19 began on April 7, 2025.

Dataset Availability

2025-04-07T00:00:00Z–2026-03-19T02:30:21.600000Z

Dataset Producer

NOAA

Earth Engine Snippet

ee.ImageCollection("NOAA/GOES/19/MCMIPF")

Cadence

10 Minutes

Tags

abi atmosphere goes goes-19 goes-east goes-u mcmip nesdis noaa ospo satellite-imagery weather

Description

The Cloud and Moisture Imagery products are all at 2km resolution. Bands 1-6 are reflective. The dimensionless "reflectance factor" quantity is normalized by the solar zenith angle. These bands support the characterization of clouds, vegetation, snow/ice, and aerosols. Bands 7-16 are emissive. The brightness temperature at the Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) is measured in Kelvin. These bands support the characterization of the surface, clouds, water vapor, ozone, volcanic ash, and dust based on emissive properties.

Operational data production for GOES-19 began April 7, 2025. Any data prior to this date is provisional.

README

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Bands

Bands

Pixel size: 2000 meters (all bands)

Name	Units	Min	Max	Pixel Size	Wavelength	Description
CMI_C01	Reflectance factor	0	1.3	2000 meters	0.45-0.49µm	Visible - Blue Daytime aerosol over land, coastal water mapping.
DQF_C01		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C02	Reflectance factor	0	1.3	2000 meters	0.59-0.69µm	Visible - Red Daytime clouds, fog, insolation, winds
DQF_C02		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C03	Reflectance factor	0	1.3	2000 meters	0.846-0.885µm	Near-IR - Veggie Daytime vegetation, burn scar, aerosol over water, winds
DQF_C03		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C04	Reflectance factor	0	1.3	2000 meters	1.371-1.386µm	Near-IR - Cirrus Daytime cirrus cloud
DQF_C04		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C05	Reflectance factor	0	1.3	2000 meters	1.58-1.64µm	Near-IR - Snow/Ice Daytime cloud-top phase and particle size, snow
DQF_C05		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C06	Reflectance factor	0	1.3	2000 meters	2.225-2.275µm	Near IR - Cloud Particle Size Daytime land, cloud properties, particle size, vegetation, snow
DQF_C06		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C07	K	197.31	411.86	2000 meters	3.80-4.00µm	Infrared - Shortwave Window Brightness
DQF_C07		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C08	K	138.05	311.06	2000 meters	5.77-6.6µm	Infrared - Upper-level water vapor High-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall Brightness
DQF_C08		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C09	K	137.7	311.08	2000 meters	6.75-7.15µm	Infrared - Mid-level water vapor Mid-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall Brightness
DQF_C09		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C10	K	126.91	331.2	2000 meters	7.24-7.44µm	Infrared - Lower-level water vapor Lower-level water vapor, winds, and sulfur dioxide Brightness
DQF_C10		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C11	K	127.69	341.3	2000 meters	8.3-8.7µm	Infrared - Cloud-top phase Total water for stability, cloud phase, dust, sulfur dioxide, rainfall Brightness
DQF_C11		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C12	K	117.49	311.06	2000 meters	9.42-9.8µm	Infrared - Ozone Total ozone, turbulence, winds
DQF_C12		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C13	K	89.62	341.27	2000 meters	10.1-10.6µm	Infrared - "Clean" longwave window Surface and clouds Brightness
DQF_C13		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C14	K	96.19	341.28	2000 meters	10.8-11.6µm	Infrared - Longwave window Imagery, sea surface temperature, clouds, rainfall Brightness
DQF_C14		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C15	K	97.38	341.28	2000 meters	11.8-12.8µm	Infrared "Dirty" longwave Total water, volcanic ash, sea surface temperature Brightness
DQF_C15		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags
CMI_C16	K	92.7	318.26	2000 meters	13.0-13.6µm	Infrared - CO_2 longwave Air temperature, cloud heights Brightness
DQF_C16		0	4	2000 meters	None	Data quality flags

DQF_C01 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C02 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C03 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C04 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C05 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C06 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C07 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C08 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C09 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C10 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C11 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C12 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C13 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C14 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C15 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

DQF_C16 Class Table

Value	Color	Description
0	#ffffff	Good pixels
1	#ff00ff	Conditionally usable pixels
2	#0000ff	Out of range pixels
3	#00ffff	No value pixels
4	#ffff00	Focal plane temperature threshold exceeded

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name	Type	Description
CMI_C01_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C01 values
CMI_C01_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C01 values
CMI_C02_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C02 values
CMI_C02_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C02 values
CMI_C03_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C03 values
CMI_C03_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C03 values
CMI_C04_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C04 values
CMI_C04_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C04 values
CMI_C05_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C05 values
CMI_C05_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C05 values
CMI_C06_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C06 values
CMI_C06_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C06 values
CMI_C07_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C07 values
CMI_C07_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C07 values
CMI_C08_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C08 values
CMI_C08_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C08 values
CMI_C09_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C09 values
CMI_C09_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C09 values
CMI_C10_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C10 values
CMI_C10_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C10 values
CMI_C11_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C11 values
CMI_C11_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C11 values
CMI_C12_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C12 values
CMI_C12_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C12 values
CMI_C13_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C13 values
CMI_C13_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C13 values
CMI_C14_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C14 values
CMI_C14_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C14 values
CMI_C15_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C15 values
CMI_C15_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C15 values
CMI_C16_offset	DOUBLE	Offset to add to scaled CMI_C16 values
CMI_C16_scale	DOUBLE	Scale to multiply with raw CMI_C16 values

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Citations

Citations:

• Bah, Gunshor, Schmit, Generation of GOES-16 True Color Imagery without a Green Band, 2018. doi:10.1029/2018EA000379

• Product User Guide (PUG) Volume 5, L2+ Products.

• Schmit, T., Griffith, P., et al, (2016), A closer look at the ABI on the GOES-R series, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98(4), 681-698. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00230.1

DOIs

• https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00230.1

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Band aliases.
var BLUE = 'CMI_C01';
var RED = 'CMI_C02';
var VEGGIE = 'CMI_C03';
var GREEN = 'GREEN';
// 16 pairs of CMI and DQF followed by Bah 2018 synthetic green.
// Band numbers in the EE asset, 0-based.
var NUM_BANDS = 33;
// Skipping the interleaved DQF bands.
var BLUE_BAND_INDEX = (1 - 1) * 2;
var RED_BAND_INDEX = (2 - 1) * 2;
var VEGGIE_BAND_INDEX = (3 - 1) * 2;
var GREEN_BAND_INDEX = NUM_BANDS - 1;

// Visualization range for GOES RGB.
var GOES_MIN = 0.0;
var GOES_MAX = 0.7;  // Alternatively 1.0 or 1.3.
var GAMMA = 1.3;

var goesRgbViz = {
  bands: [RED, GREEN, BLUE],
  min: GOES_MIN,
  max: GOES_MAX,
  gamma: GAMMA
};

var applyScaleAndOffset = function(image) {
  image = ee.Image(image);
  var bands = new Array(NUM_BANDS);
  for (var i = 1; i < 17; i++) {
    var bandName = 'CMI_C' + (100 + i + '').slice(-2);
    var offset = ee.Number(image.get(bandName + '_offset'));
    var scale =  ee.Number(image.get(bandName + '_scale'));
    bands[(i-1) * 2] = image.select(bandName).multiply(scale).add(offset);

    var dqfName = 'DQF_C' + (100 + i + '').slice(-2);
    bands[(i-1) * 2 + 1] = image.select(dqfName);
  }

  // Bah, Gunshor, Schmit, Generation of GOES-16 True Color Imagery without a
  // Green Band, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EA000379
  // Green = 0.45 * Red + 0.10 * NIR + 0.45 * Blue
  var green1 = bands[RED_BAND_INDEX].multiply(0.45);
  var green2 = bands[VEGGIE_BAND_INDEX].multiply(0.10);
  var green3 = bands[BLUE_BAND_INDEX].multiply(0.45);
  var green = green1.add(green2).add(green3);
  bands[GREEN_BAND_INDEX] = green.rename(GREEN);

  return ee.Image(ee.Image(bands).copyProperties(image, image.propertyNames()));
};

var collection = 'NOAA/GOES/19/MCMIPF/';
var imageName = '2025098143020900000';
var assetId = collection + imageName;
var image = applyScaleAndOffset(assetId);
Map.addLayer(image, goesRgbViz);

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GOES-19 MCMIPF Series ABI Level 2 Cloud and Moisture Imagery Full Disk

The Cloud and Moisture Imagery products are all at 2km resolution. Bands 1-6 are reflective. The dimensionless "reflectance factor" quantity is normalized by the solar zenith angle. These bands support the characterization of clouds, vegetation, snow/ice, and aerosols. Bands 7-16 are emissive. The brightness temperature at the Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) is …

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