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GPM_1CNOAA20ATMS·v07·dataset

Raw microwave brightness for weather (NOAA-20)

GPM ATMS on NOAA-20 Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 (GPM_1CNOAA20ATMS) at GES DISC
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In plain English

What it measures. How warm the atmosphere looks to a microwave sensor across 22 channels — the raw calibrated brightness signal, not yet turned into weather variables.

How it's made. Comes from the ATMS microwave instrument on the NOAA-20 satellite, with the measurements consistently calibrated and organized into four frequency bands.

How & where you'd use it. A building-block input that feeds weather forecasting and atmospheric studies; it is generally used to derive higher-level products rather than read directly.

What's measured

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPORATMOSPHERE › PRECIPITATION

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2017-11-29 → ongoing
  • Measured byNOAA-20 (ATMS)
  • Processing levelLevel 1
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Version 07 is the current version of the data set. Older versions will no longer be available and have been superseded by Version 07. 1CATMS contains common calibrated brightness temperature from the ATMS passive microwave instrument flown on the Suomi NPP satellite and JPSS satellites. ATMS is approximatly a combination of the AMSU-A channels and the MHS channels, to the total of 22 channels. ATMS rotates 3 scans per 8 seconds. 1CATMS contains 4 swaths, one for each band K, A(Ka), W, and G.

Get the data

gpm_1cnoaa20atms_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="GPM_1CNOAA20ATMS",
    version="07",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from GES_DISC
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