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Filenames for NOAA CoastWatch POES sea surface temperature products contain a limited amount of information about the file.
A typical filename:
2002_200_0238_n15_ax.png YYYY_DDD_HHMM_SSS_RR.FMT
| File Naming Abbreviations |
| YYYY |
4 digit year |
| DDD |
Julian day (200 in year 2002 is July 19) |
| HHMM |
Hour (24 hour format) and Minute |
| SSS |
n14 = NOAA-14 n15 = NOAA-15 n16 = NOAA-16 |
| RR |
CoastWatch Region (See Chart) |
| FMT |
png = Portable Network Graphic hdf = Hierarchical Data Format |
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POES CoastWatch regions |
| Alaska Sitka | aa |
| Alaska South | ax |
| Alaska West | ay |
| Alaska North | az |
| Caribbean East | ce |
| Caribbean West | cw |
| East Coast North | er |
| Gilmore Creek Full Swath | gc |
| Great Lakes | gr |
| Honolulu Full Swath | hi |
| Hawaii | hr |
| Miami Full Swath | mi |
| Monterey Full Swath | mo |
| Gulf of Mexico | mr |
| Great Salt Lake | sl |
| East Coast South | sr |
| Wallops Island Full Swath | wi |
| West Coast Baja | wj |
| West Coast North | wn |
| West Coast South | ws |
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