GOES-16 & GOES-S:Preparing Users for New Generation Satellites

Natalia DonohoSatellite Products and Services Division (NOAA/NESDIS)

WMO IPET-SUP-4Geneva, Switzerland26 February, 2018

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Outline• GOES-R series• GOES-16 Status and Update;

– Mesoscale Domain Sector (MDS) Request Process

• User Readiness Activities and Training• GOES-S Launch and Updates

– GOES-S Product Validation Schedule and Data Release Strategy

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• Operates the Nation’s 19 environmental satellites:– 4 Geostationary (GOES-13, -14, -15, -16) by NOAA– 3 Polar-Orbiting (NOAA-15, -18, -19) by NOAA– 1 Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) by NOAA & NASA– 1 JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) by NOAA & NASA– 6 Defense Meteorological Satellite program (DMSP) operated by

NOAA– 2 OSTM Jason-2 & Jason-3 (Ocean Surface Topography Mission) -

Joint NOAA, NASA, CNES, EUMETSAT effort– 1 DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) by NOAA– 1 COSMIC-1 (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,

Ionosphere and Climate)

*JPSS-1, known and NOAA-20 in orbit was successfully launched on November 18, 2017.*COSMIC-2A spacecraft and ground segments nearing completion in support of planned 2018 launch.

NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)

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GOES-R Series

– Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)– Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

• 3x more spectral bands• 4x spatial resolution • 5x temporal coverage

• Space weather and solar imaging instruments– Space Environment in-Situ Suite (SEISS)– Magnetometer– Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI)– Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensor (EXIS)

• Next generation of NOAA/NASA geo weather satellites– R-Series includes 4 satellites (16, S, T, U)– First launched in Nov 2016– Represents first major upgrade in over 20 years

• Earth-pointing instruments

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December 18, 2017

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First Public Images & Plots from GOES-16

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EUVS

MAG

SUVI

ABI

XRS

EXIS

GLM

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Full Disk Imagery IncreasedFrom 8X to 96X per Day

GOES-16 every 15 minutes GOES-13 every 3 hours

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New website for GOES-16 imagery: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php

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What GVAR Users Need to Know

A GRB-compatible receiver is required. The GRB frequency is 1686.6 MHz and dual circular polarized signals are used. GVAR users might be able to repurpose their GVAR antenna. GRB requires a processing system that can handle the new data volumes and software that can

display the products

A manufacturers list is available at:http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/manulst.html

GOES-16 GRB has replaced GOES-13 GVAR and GOES-16 is at 75.2⁰ W. GOES-17 GRB will replace GOES-15 GVAR and GOES-17 will be at 137⁰ W.

The Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary Data (CSPP Geo) software is available from the University of Wisconsin – Madison

Alternatives for GOES East for users without GRB include GNC-A and the GOES-East Image Viewer. HRIT/EMWIN is available as well

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Mesoscale Domain Sector (MDS) Request

Process for International Users

See Documents for Information

11Courtesy of Tim Schmit and Mat Gunshor

Routine ABI Operating Mode

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15 min

5 min

1 min

1 min

GOES-R Series: “Flex” Mode

Image FrequencyFull Disk: 15 min CONUS: 5 min Mesoscale: 30-sec

or, 2 x 1-min

Mesoscale Domain Sector (MDS) coverage approximately

1,000 km x 1,000 km

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GOES-WestGOES-15

135° West

GOES-EastGOES-16

75.2° West

StandbyGOES-14

105° West

StorageGOES-1360° West

GOES Constellation

• Primary source of data for short term forecasting, especially of severe weather such as tropical storms

• Continuity of Operations since 1974

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GOES ConstellationGOES-West

GOES-15135° West

GOES-EastGOES-16

75.2° West

StandbyGOES-14

105° West

StorageGOES-1360° West

CheckoutGOES-S

89.5° West

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GOES ConstellationGOES-West

GOES-15135° West

GOES-EastGOES-16

75.2° West

StandbyGOES-14

105° West

StorageGOES-1360° West

CheckoutGOES-S

89.5° West

GOES-WestGOES-S

137° West

GOES-S Arrival at Kennedy Space Center, Dec. 4, 2017

GOES-S Launch and Activities• GOES-S road to launch:

http://goes-r.noaa.gov/multimedia/images/launches.html• The launch, scheduled for 1 March at 5:02 p.m. EST from

Cape Canaveral, Florida, will be shown on NASA-TV.• ~6 months post-launch testing at 89.5°W• Move to 137°W after post-launch testing

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User Readiness and Training• NOAA hosted 1 workshop and provided trainers

and organizational support to 3 other workshops this past year for the international community:– Two-day train the trainer workshop at the NOAA Satellite

Conference on “Satellite Data Usage: Access through GEONETCastAmericas, Display, Interpretation, and Usage in Training”; 15-16 July 2017 in New York City

– AmeriGEOSS "Training on Satellite Data: Access through GEONETCast Americas, Display, Interpretation, and Usage" occurring on 31 July - 4 August 2017 in San José, Costa Rica

– GOES-16 Workshop at Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) occurring 21-24 November 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

– GOES-16 Workshop at Dirección Meteorológica de Chile (DMC) / Chile Weather Service main office, occurring 27 November to 1 December 2017 in Santiago de Chile, Chile

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User Readiness and Training (cont.)

• NOAA continues to support training development and translation efforts at COMET, training at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)/ Weather Prediction Center (WPC) / International Desks, and the Regional Focus Group (RFG) Monthly Weather and Climate Virtual Discussions

• NOAA has also created a GOES International Training Working Group (GITWG) to assess, coordinate, and plan for training activities in response to increasing user requests. Because of the newness of the satellite capabilities, continued training activities targeted at different levels of users (intern, advanced, expert) are ongoing

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GOES-R Funded Training: Online Resources in Spanish & Portuguese

http://www.meted.ucar.edu/satmet/goes_resources/index.html

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User Readiness and Training (cont.)Proposed training:

• RA IV: Mexico City for Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, in Spanish, July 23 – 27, 2018

• RA III: AmeriGEOSS Week, São José dos Campos, Brazil, for South America, in “Portuñol”, August 6-10, 2018

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2019 (Jointly Organized) Satellite Conference

• EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, the NOAA Satellite Conference, and the AMS Satellite Conference

• It is scheduled for 30 Sep - 4 October, 2019 at the Westin Water Front in Boston.

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