{"id":16042,"date":"2019-05-07T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T19:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/?p=16042"},"modified":"2019-05-07T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T19:46:07","slug":"goes-all-sky-lap-tpw-and-cira-merged-tpw-cloud-mask-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/2019\/05\/07\/goes-all-sky-lap-tpw-and-cira-merged-tpw-cloud-mask-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"GOES All Sky LAP TPW and CIRA Merged TPW Cloud Mask Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 22 UTC on 6 May 2019, the All Sky LAP and CIRA Merged TPW Data type products show differences in the cloud mask.\u00a0 A shallow Cu field over NC \/ SC is indicated in GOES visible imagery,.\u00a0 The data type masks of the two products (blue = clear; yellow \/ gray = clouds) show some clouds in the All Sky LAP mask, while the CIRA Merged TPW mask does not have these Cu detected.\u00a0 This is likely due to the lower resolution (~ 15 km) of the GOES-16 TPW data used in Merged TPW versus the All Sky LAP resolution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16086\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_052219_GOES_VIS-900x658.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_052219_GOES_VIS-900x658.png 900w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_052219_GOES_VIS-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_052219_GOES_VIS-600x439.png 600w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_052219_GOES_VIS.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16087\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_CIRA_DSC_052219.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1068\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_CIRA_DSC_052219.png 1068w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_CIRA_DSC_052219-900x658.png 900w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_CIRA_DSC_052219-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_CIRA_DSC_052219-600x439.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16092\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_AllSkyDSC_052219-900x658.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_AllSkyDSC_052219-900x658.png 900w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_AllSkyDSC_052219-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_AllSkyDSC_052219-600x439.png 600w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/002_AllSkyDSC_052219.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GOES-R TPW has a nominal resolution of 10 km.<\/p>\n<p>JohnF<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 22 UTC on 6 May 2019, the All Sky LAP and CIRA Merged TPW Data type products show differences in the cloud mask.\u00a0 A shallow Cu field over NC&#8230; 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