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pyspedas/goes/README.md

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 ## Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)
 The routines in this module can be used to load data from the GOES mission. 
 
+The load routine works for both the older GOES probes (GOES-8 to GOES-15) and the newer GOES-R probes (GOES-16 and later). 
+However, the datasets are different for probes 8-15 and for probes 16+.
+
+
+
 ### Instruments
-- Magnetometer (FGM)
+For GOES 8-15: fgm, eps, epead, maged, magpd, hepad, xrs
+
+For GOES-R 16-18: euvs, xrs, mag, mpsh, sgps
+
+
+### Datatypes
+
+Depends on the probe and the instrument. It is usually the instrument resolution.
+
+For GOES-8 to 15, valid values: hi, low, full, avg, 1min, 5min
+
+For GOES-R (16 and later), valid values: hi, low, full, avg
+
 
 ### Examples
 Get started by importing pyspedas and tplot; these are required to load and plot the data:
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 from pytplot import tplot
 ```
 
-#### Magnetometer (FGM)
+#### For older GOES probes (up to GOES-15) 
+
+Example for Magnetometer data (FGM):
 
 ```python
 mag_vars = pyspedas.goes.fgm(trange=['2013-11-5', '2013-11-6'], datatype='512ms')
-
+print(mag_vars)
 tplot(['BX_1', 'BY_1', 'BZ_1'])
 ```
 
+#### For GOES-R probes (GOES-16 or newer)
+
+Example for Magnetometer data (mag):
+
+```python
+mag_goes18 = pyspedas.goes.load(trange=['2023-01-01', '2023-01-02'], probe='18', instrument='mag')
+print(mag_goes18)
+tplot(['b_gsm', 'b_total'])
+```
+
+
+### Further Information
+
+For more information on GOES-R, see:
+https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/satellite/goes-r.html
+
+For NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, see:
+https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
+
+For GOES summary plots, see:
+https://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/summary.php?year=2024&month=01&day=01&hour=0024&sumType=goes&type=goes18
+