ABI G16 Deep Blue L3 Monthly Aerosol Data, 1 x 1 degree grid

The Level-3 (L3) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 (GOES-16) Deep Blue Monthly Aerosol dataset is part of a 12-product suite produced by an Earth Science Research from Operational Geostationary Satellite Systems (ESROGSS)-funded project. The 12 products in this project include nine derived from three Geostationary Earth Observation (GEO) instruments and three from merged data from GEO and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) instruments as summarized in the following table:

| Platform | Instrument | Temporal Cadence | Spatial Res. | Product | | :-------: | :----------: | :------------------: | :-----------: | :-------: | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_ABI_G16 | | GOES-17 | Advanced Baseline Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_ABI_G17 | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | 30 Min. | 10 km | AERDB_L2_AHI_H08 | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_ABI_G16 | | GOES-17 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_ABI_G17 | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_AHI_H08 | | GOES-16 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_ABI_G16 | | GOES-17 | Advanced Baseline Imager | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_ABI_G17 | | Himawari-8 | Advanced Himawari Imager | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_AHI_H08 | | Multiple | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS | 30 Min. | 0.25˚ x 0.25˚ | AERDB_L2G_GEOLEO_Merged | | Multiple | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS | Daily | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_D3_GEOLEO_Merged | | Multiple | ABI, AHI, VIIRS, MODIS | Monthly | 1˚ x 1˚ | AERDB_M3_GEOLEO_Merged |

* includes G16-ABI, G17-ABI, H08-AHI, SNPP-VIIRS, NOAA20-VIIRS, Terra MODIS & Aqua MODIS

Derived by aggregating the L3 daily (AERDB_D3_ABI_G16) input data, each M3 ABI/GOES-16 product is produced monthly at 1 x 1-degree horizontal resolution. This monthly L3 (identified in the shortname as M3) product’s statistics that include mean and standard deviation of the daily means are derived from the arithmetic mean values of the L3 daily product. As a mechanism to filter out poorly sampled grid elements, at least three valid days of data in the month are required to populate the monthly grid element. This first release of these products spans from May 2019 through April 2020 with a potential to generate additional temporal coverage in the future.

Each L3 aggregated monthly ABI/GOES-16 datafile contains 48 Science Data Sets (SDS) that include the following:

  1. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Count
  2. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Maximum
  3. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Mean
  4. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Mean_Hourly
  5. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Minimum
  6. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Count
  7. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Maximum
  8. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Mean
  9. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Mean_Hourly
  10. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Minimum
  11. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Ocean_Standard_Deviation
  12. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Land_Standard_Deviation
  13. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Count
  14. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Maximum
  15. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Mean
  16. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Mean_Hourly
  17. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Minimum
  18. Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_550_Ocean_Standard_Deviation
  19. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Maximum
  20. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Mean
  21. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Mean_Hourly
  22. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Minimum
  23. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Maximum
  24. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Mean
  25. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Mean_Hourly
  26. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Minimum
  27. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Ocean_Standard_Deviation
  28. Angstrom_Exponent_Land_Standard_Deviation
  29. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Maximum
  30. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Mean
  31. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Mean_Hourly
  32. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Minimum
  33. Angstrom_Exponent_Ocean_Standard_Deviation
  34. Fine_Mode_Fraction_550_Ocean_Mean
  35. Fine_Mode_Fraction_550_Ocean_Standard_Deviation
  36. Hours
  37. Land_Bands
  38. Latitude
  39. Latitude_1D
  40. Longitude
  41. Longitude_1D
  42. Ocean_Bands
  43. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Count
  44. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Mean
  45. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Land_Standard_Deviation
  46. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Count
  47. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Mean
  48. Spectral_Aerosol_Optical_Thickness_Ocean_Standard_Deviation

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated September 15, 2026, 05:45 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 14:04 (UTC)
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