GOES Imager (GOES-15 and earlier) Level 3
Updated: February 11, 2021The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution are generating operational sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites GOES-East and West. The generation of SSTs began with GOES-8 in 2000 and has continued to be generated through GOES-15. The current operational satellites are GOES-13 and GOES-15.