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Dan Bikos, modified 6 Years ago.

GOES-16 Color Tables

Youngling Posts: 6 Join Date: 6/2/15 Recent Posts

 

Although it appears that we have Goes-16 color tables in our Awips, installed back in February, they look like 8 bit tables with a wrap-around from the high values back to low. 

How do we ensure that we have the correct color tables?

 

Question submitted by Charlie Paxton

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Dan Bikos, modified 6 Years ago.

RE: GOES-16 Color Tables

Youngling Posts: 6 Join Date: 6/2/15 Recent Posts

The easiest way to ensure you have the correct color tables is to edit the colormap, if the default is greater than 256 colors than it is GOES-16.  This would be true of any of the GOES-16 individual bands.  Some of the channel difference products and baseline products may have 256 or fewer colors, however.

 

This page on the Virtual Lab contains a list of default color maps for GOES-16 bands (as well as difference products and baseline products):

https://vlab.noaa.gov/group/goes-r-end-user-mission-readiness-project/awips-2

(search for goesr-diag Colormaps)