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we have developed a new physical rule-based cloud mask retrieval specifically tailored for the Galapagos Archipelago, based on data from the third generation GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) geostationary satellite. The new Galapagos Rainfall Retrieval (GRR) cloudmask was tested against independent observational data and compared to both the operational GOES-16 ACM (ABI Clear sky Mask) and the MODIS cloudmask benchmark cloud mask

- **Start Date**: 01 March 2022  
- **End Date**: 01 March 2023  
- **Temporal Resolution**: 10 minutes  
- **Time Reference**: UTC 
### 3. File Format  
- **Type**: GeoTIFF  
- **File Naming Convention**:  
  ```  
  YYYYMMDDHHmm_oe16on_c01D_PW84GP_2000_10.tiff  
  ```  
  **Components**:  
  - `YYYY`: Year (e.g., 2022)  
  - `MM`: Month (e.g., 02 for February)  
  - `DD`: Day (e.g., 15 for the 15th day of the month)  
  - `HH`: Hour (24-hour format, e.g., 14 for 2 PM)  
  - `mm`: Minutes (e.g., 10 for 10 past the hour)