The Unidata Program helps researchers and educators acquire and use earth-related data.
Getting Started?
The Data Usage Guide is a flowchart designed to illustrate: 1) the type of data access methods available; and 2) the display capabilities of the Unidata visualization packages for each available data type.
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Data from the
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) available from Unidata include 5
wavelength channels for GVAR (e.g., GOES-15) and 16 channels for GOES-R (e.g., GOES-16) class
satellites. Data from both GOES-East and GOES-West satellites are available. 
Level II data (formerly CRAFT) available from Unidata is 