BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7: Visible, Infrared, and Water Vapor Satellite Images

BOREAS region satellite imagery from the GOES-7 and GOES-8 satellites, covering a period from January 1994 to July 1995. The data includes three-band images with eight-bit pixel values in visible, infrared, and water vapor channels, collected at a high temporal frequency. Its primary objective was to analyze weather events and derive surface radiation parameters during the BOREAS field campaigns.

Use Cases

• Analyzing weather events over the BOREAS region based on high-temporal-frequency image sequences.
• Deriving temporal surface radiation parameters and patterns from visible and infrared channel data.
• Monitoring atmospheric water vapor indicators using the dedicated water vapor channel imagery.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 18-month period from 01-January-1994 to 08-July-1995, providing a longitudinal view.
• Achieved a sampling frequency of four times per day from January to June 1995, enabling detailed temporal analysis.
• Includes data from three distinct spectral bands (visible, infrared, water vapor), supporting multi-channel analysis.

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is low; specific column names, file sizes, and row counts are not provided across platforms.
• Data freshness is a concern; the core data is from 1995, though metadata was updated on datagov in 2026.
• Coverage is described as 'partial to complete' on most days, indicating potential gaps in the time series.

Provenance

Source

Remote Sensing Science Team 14 (RSS-14) at Florida State University, processed by BORIS personnel for NASA.

Collection Method

Collected by the GOES-7 and GOES-8 satellites and processed to level-1a products.

Time Range

1994-01-01 to 1995-07-08

Freshness

Most recent metadata update was 2026-03-13 on datagov, but the underlying data collection ended in 1995.

Geography

BOREAS (Boreal Ecosystem–Atmosphere Study) region