GOES: Past, Present, and Future

Goodman, Steven J.; Schmit, Timothy J.; Daniels, Jaime; Denig, W. F.; Metcalf, K.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.10315-x

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“…Examination of water vapor weighting function plots (Schmit et al 2017) can help in the correct interpretation of the three-dimensional aspects of patterns displayed on water vapor imagery. Weighting functions depict the layer of the atmosphere from which the satellite-sensed radiation originated.…”

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“…The ABI also has an improved dynamic range and improved calibration (i.e., accuracy). The ABI has on-board visible calibration so that the imagery will not fade as the detectors age as has happened with the legacy GOES imager (Schmit et al 2017). This cumulatively results in a 100 times improvement more than the legacy GOES imager in terms of data collection per unit time.…”

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“…Many operational uses of rapid scan imagery have been demonstrated with similar one-min GOES-14 imagery, including applications for severe thunderstorm and fire events (Schmit et al 2013;Schmit et al 2014;Mecikalski et al 2015;Apke et al 2016;Line et al 2016;Lindley et al 2016). GOES-16 continues the critical continuity mission of GOES (Schmit et al 2005;Kalluri et al 2015;Greenwald et al 2015;Gravelle et al 2016;Goodman et al 2017). Figure 1 shows all 16 of the ABI bands at 1942 UTC 22 December 2017; reflectance factor is shown for the first 6 bands, with brightness temperatures (BTs) shown for bands 7 through 16.…”

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Applications of the 16 spectral bands on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).

Schmit¹,

Lindstrom²,

Gerth³

et al. 2018

J. Operational Meteor.

118

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The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series has 16 spectral bands. Two bands are in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, four are in the near-infrared, and ten are in the infrared. The ABI is similar to advanced geostationary imagers on other international satellite missions, such as the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on Himawari-8 and-9. Operational meteorologists can investigate imagery from the ABI to better understand the state and evolution of the atmosphere. Various uses of the ABI spectral bands are described. GOES-R was launched on 19 November 2016 and became GOES-16 upon reaching geostationary orbit. GOES-16 is the first in a series of four spacecraft that will host ABI. GOES-16 became operational on 18 December 2017, in the GOES-East location. The ABI improvement is two orders of magnitude more than the legacy GOES imager due to more spectral bands and finer spatial and temporal resolutions.

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Applications of the 16 spectral bands on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).

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Lindstrom²,

Gerth³

et al. 2018

J. Operational Meteor.

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“…Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on board geostationary satellite (GOES)-16(GOES-R) launched on 19 November 2016 and the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on board Himawari-8 launched on 7 October 2014 were designed and built by Harris Corporation (formerly ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems) and represent a significant improvement over the imager onboard previous GOES (Schmit et al, 2017;Schmit et al, 2018;Kalluri et al, 2018;Goodman et al, 2018;Bessho et al, 2016, andGriffith, 2015). ABI and AHI are the primary instruments on the satellites for imaging Earth's weather and environment.…”

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“…2.1. GOES-16/ABI and Himawari-8/AHI GOES-16 is the first satellite of the GOES-R series and was launched on 19 November 2016 (Schmit et al, 2017;Kalluri et al, 2018, andGoodman et al, 2018). The spacecraft was initially positioned in a nonoperational test position at 89.5°west.…”

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GOES‐16/ABI Thermal Emissive Band Assessments Using GEO‐LEO‐GEO Double Difference

Chang

Xiong

2019

Earth and Space Science

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Geostationary satellite (GOES)-16/Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Himawari-8/ Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) represent a significant improvement over the imagers on board previous GOES. Their bands 7-16 are infrared channels covering the 3.9-to 13.3-μm spectral range and with a subpoint spatial resolution of 2 km. Their spectral coverage of the thermal emissive bands (TEBs) is almost identical, and both instruments employ similar calibration strategies using an on-board blackbody and a space look. The intercomparison between the two instruments will be very helpful for their calibration assessments and their product quality enhancements. GOES-16 was launched on 19 November 2016, initially to a test position at 89.5°west and reached its operational position (longitude of 75.2°west) on 11 December 2017. The Himawari-8 spacecraft was launched on 7 October 2014 and the observation focuses on Asia-Pacific region. In this work, an intercomparison of their TEB measurement is performed using double difference with Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The same type of scenes are selected for the two instruments, and their measurements with the closest observation times are compared with Aqua MODIS matching bands. The view angle effect is corrected and their spectral mismatching effect is estimated. The dependence on the scene uniformity is analyzed. The ABI-AHI differences are within 0.3K for bands 10 (7.35 μm), 11 (8.44 μm), 12 (9.64 μm), and 14 (11.24 μm), and up to 0.8K difference for bands 15 (12.38 μm) and 16 (13.28 μm). The ABI precision is better than AHI for all TEB and their image navigation and registration precisions are comparable. In general, the ABI performances before and after relocation are consistent.Key Points:• Application of double difference method to GEO-GEO sensor using LEO sensor as a bridge • GOES-16/ABI thermal emissive band assessment with comparison with Himawari-8/AHI and overall the ABI and AHI IR bands compare well. • GOES-16/ABI thermal emissive bands consistent assessment before and after spacecraft re-location.

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Characteristics of mesoscale convection over northwestern Mexico, the Gulf of California, and Baja California Peninsula

Farfán

Barrett

Raga

et al. 2020

Intl Journal of Climatology

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Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are frequent, but understudied, components of the warm season climatology in northwestern Mexico. This study provides an update of previous research on convective development and examines MCS life cycle, structure, and motion from July through September. It focuses on a region south of the North American monsoon core and, from 2009 to 2018 satellite observations, on patterns of cloud tops higher than 10 km above sea level. The diurnal cycle of convection shows cells initiating in the early afternoon over the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains and becoming better organized over the next few hours. These features typically move westward, grow upscale to reach maximum vertical extent near local sunset, and weaken during the night. However, there is a distinct region of deep convection over and off the coast of Nayarit (20-23 N), in the Pacific Ocean, that remains active through the night and into the early morning, producing heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Occasionally, the inner structure of these MCSs can move across the Gulf of California and reach the southern Baja California Peninsula. One particular long-lived, fast-moving MCS from July 23 and 24, 2014 was selected for in-depth analysis, because it was associated with weather conditions that included unusual precipitation and extreme winds. The MCS caused damage from sustained winds of tropical-storm strength and an intense gust front in the Los Cabos area, in the southern tip of the peninsula. This extraordinary MCS developed in the most unstable and humid environment recorded during the 1976-2018 period, and was supported by a collocated upper-level, inverted trough and a lower-troposphere tropical wave. We also found that the 10 most unstable conditions have all occurred after 2011, possibly indicative of a trend toward more frequent and favourable environments to spawn MCSs over the Gulf of California entrance.

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GOES: Past, Present, and Future

Cited by 10 publications

References 89 publications

Applications of the 16 spectral bands on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).

Applications of the 16 spectral bands on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).

GOES‐16/ABI Thermal Emissive Band Assessments Using GEO‐LEO‐GEO Double Difference

Characteristics of mesoscale convection over northwestern Mexico, the Gulf of California, and Baja California Peninsula

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