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title: "NOAA Specific Header - GOES Satellite Hunt | Lets Hack It"
description: "Written by Lucas Teske on 19 February 2017 Part of GOES Satellite Hunt Project overview → NOAA Specific Header This header specifies some of NOAA specific stuff meaning it is only applicable for GOES Satellites. Name Type Description Signature string (4) \"NOAA\" Product ID uint16_t Product ID of the file..."
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Written by Lucas Teske   
on 19 February 2017

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# NOAA Specific Header

This header specifies some of NOAA specific stuff meaning it is only applicable for GOES Satellites.

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Signature | string (4) | “NOAA” |
| Product ID | uint16\_t | Product ID of the file |
| Sub Product ID | uint16\_t | Sub Product ID of the file |
| Parameter | uint16\_t | A product / sub product specific parameter |
| Compression Type | uint8\_t | Compression Type |

### Table 14 - NOAA Specific Header Fields

This header is very useful for defining the type of the file and how to process it. Open Satellite Project uses both _Product ID_ and _Sub Product ID_ fields to decide how to process the LRIT file.

| Value | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0 | No Compression |
| 1 | Lossless Compression |
| 2 | Lossy Compression |

### Table 15 - NOAA Specific Header Compression Type Enum

| Value | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | NOAA Text |
| 3 | Other Satellites Relay (Satellite Specific) |
| 4 | Other Satellites Relay (Satellite Specific) |
| 6 | Weather Data |
| 7 | ABI Relay |
| 8 | DCS |
| 9 | HRIT EMWIN |
| 13 | GOES 13 ABI |
| 14 | GOES 14 ABI |
| 15 | GOES 15 ABI |
| 16 | GOES 16 ABI |
| 42 | EMWIN |
| 43 | HIMAWARI 8 ABI |

### Table 16 - NOAA Product ID Enum

For more details of _Product \_/ \_Sub Product_ IDs please refer to Open Satellite Project Source Code ( [XRIT/PacketData/Presets.cs](https://github.com/opensatelliteproject/goesdump/blob/70a99e3eb089fd2421133e05766c38541ab32fbf/XRIT/PacketData/Presets.cs) )

## Cite this work

### Suggested citation

Lucas Teske. “GOES Satellite Hunt.” _Lets Hack It_, 2017. [https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/](https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/).

### BibTeX

```
@misc{teske2017goessatellitehunt,
  author = {Teske, Lucas},
  title = {GOES Satellite Hunt},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {Lets Hack It},
  url = {https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/}
}
```