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 )