GOES/XRS data in SolarSoft

11-Jan-2011, Aki Takeda.
7-Feb-2011, revised.

about GOES satellite

mainly from NGDC website ( http://ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/satellite/goes/index.html)

GOES : Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (No.1 -- 15)
SMS : Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (preceding mission of GOES)
SEM : Space Environment Monitor (instrument subsystem on board all GOES and SMS).

*** GOES coverage ***
    * SMS-1: 1974-07 to 1974-10
    * SMS-2:: 1975-02 to 1976-04
    * GOES-1 1976-01 to 1978-05
    * GOES-2 1977-08 to 1983-05
    * GOES-3 1978-07 to 1980-08
    * GOES-4 no data
    * GOES-5 1983-01 to 1987-02
    * GOES-6 1983-05 to 1994-11  ### XRS: ?-may-1983 to 30-may-1994
    * GOES-7 1987-03 to 1996-08  ### XRS: 6-mar-1987 to 13-aug-1996
    * GOES-8 1995-03 to 2003-06  ### XRS: 1-mar-1995 to 10-apr-2003  
    * GOES-9 1996-04 to 1998-08  ### XRS: 1-apr-1996 to 27-jul-1998
    * GOES-10 1998-07 to 2009-12 ### XRS: 1-jul-1998 to 30-nov-2009
    * GOES-11 2000-07 to present ### XRS: 1-jun-2006 to 9-feb-2008
    * GOES-12 2003-01 to 2010-09 ### XRS: 10-jan-2003 to 12-apr-2007 
    * GOES-13 2010-04 to present; EUV, XRS, SXI not operational. 
                                 ### launched in apr-2006.
    * GOES-14 2009-12 to present, XRS only, other systems in storage mode.
                                 ### XRS: 26-nov-2009 to 26-oct-2010 
    * GOES-15 2010-09 to present, XRS only, other systems in test mode.
                                 ### XRS: 27-oct-2010 to present 

### : added by AkT

GOES data available in the SolarSoft

Two original data source at NOAA
### problem ###
Both (1) and (2) sometimes have missing records, which often compensate with each other.
Recent files not available in (2). i.e., GOES15 data N/A in (2).

Two archives under $SSWDB

Coverage of the GOES week files under $SSWDB/ydb (official) and $SSWDB/ydb_beta (YLA contribution) as of 11-Jan-2011.

1991 ydb1992 ydb1993 ydb 1994 ydb1995 ydb

1996 ydb1997 ydb1998 ydb 1999 ydb2000 ydb2001 ydb

2002 ydb2003 ydb2004 ydb 2005 ydb

2002 ydb_beta2003 ydb_beta 2004 ydb_beta2005 ydb_beta

2006 ydb2007 ydb2008 ydb 2009 ydb2010 ydb

2006 ydb_beta2007 ydb_beta 2008 ydb_beta2009 ydb_beta2010 ydb_beta

### Movie of GOES week data from 1991 - 2010.

### PLOT_GOES workout ###

IDL> plot_goes,'7-feb-2010','8-feb-2010'     ;  same as /one
IDL> plot_goes,'7-feb-2010','8-feb-2010',/one
IDL> plot_goes,'7-feb-2010','8-feb-2010',/five
IDL> plot_goes,'7-feb-2010','8-feb-2010',/ascii,/goes14    ; ascii defaults to GOES 10.
IDL> plot_goes,'10-nov-2009','10-dec-2009'     ; data chosen from GOES 14
IDL> rd_gxd,'1-feb-2004','28-feb-2004',gxd,/goes12,/one  ; read from $SSWDB/ydb/g21
IDL> rd_gxd,'1-feb-2004','28-feb-2004',gxd2,/goes12,/one,indir='$SSWDB/ydb_beta/g21'
Selection of the default GOES satellite is made by GET_GOES_DEFSAT.PRO
;***** setting in the get_goes_defsat (YLA version) *****
; before def8t                   ; GOES 7
def8t= '1-aug-1996'              ; GOES 8 start
def10t='20-oct-1998'             ; GOES 8  --> GEOS 10
def12t='1-jun-2006'              ; switch to GOES 12
def10t2='1-apr-2007'             ; GOES12 --> GOES 10
def14t='1-dec-2009'              ; switch to GOES 14
def15t='1-jan-2011'              ; switch to GOES 15

### consideration ###
Remake weekly files for 2009 and onward, or switch to use ascii files (by default).
Week files remade unitl the end of 2010. Asking Sam Freeland his view on switching PLOT_GOES default to ascii (waiting for response).