2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Progress in Development and Integration of the Product Generation Capabilities of the GOES- R Ground System Satya Kalluri Ph.D. GOES-R Program Office Code 416, Building 6, Room C200 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD Brian Haman, David Vititoe HARRIS Corporation, GCSD Melbourne, FL

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Introduction Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R will usher in a new era of satellite meteorology with significant improvements in spectral, spatial and temporal observations of Earth and space weather 2

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information GOES-R Spacecraft and Instruments Earth Pointing – ABI – GLM Space Weather – SUVI – EXIS – SEISS – Magnetometer 3

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information The Ground System 4

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information GOES-R Instruments and Products 5 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) 1.Aerosol Detection (Including Smoke and Dust) 2.Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) 3.Clear Sky Masks 4.Cloud and Moisture Imagery (KPP) 5.Cloud Optical Depth 6.Cloud Particle Size Distribution 7.Cloud Top Height 8.Cloud Top Phase 9.Cloud Top Pressure 10.Cloud Top Temperature 11.Derived Motion Winds 12.Derived Stability Indices 13.Downward Shortwave Radiation: Surface 14.Fire/Hot Spot Characterization 15.Hurricane Intensity Estimation 16.Land Surface Temperature (Skin) 17.Legacy Vertical Moisture Profile 18.Legacy Vertical Temperature Profile 19.Radiances 20.Rainfall Rate/QPE 21.Reflected Shortwave Radiation: TOA 22.Sea Surface Temperature (Skin) 23.Snow Cover 24.Total Precipitable Water 25.Volcanic Ash: Detection and Height Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) 1.Lightning Detection: Events, Groups & Flashes Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) 2.Energetic Heavy Ions 3.Magnetospheric Electrons & Protons: Low Energy 4.Magnetospheric Electrons: Med & High Energy 5.Magnetospheric Protons: Med & High Energy 6.Solar and Galactic Protons Magnetometer (MAG) 7.Geomagnetic Field Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Suite (EXIS) 8.Solar Flux: EUV 9.Solar Flux: X-ray Irradiance Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) 10.Solar Imagery (X-ray): coronal holes, solar flares, coronal mass ejection source regions GOES-R PRODUCTS

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Key Product Generation Features GOES-East 75° West Command and Control, Mission Data, GRB GRB Uplink GRB downlink GOES-West 137° West GRB downlink Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS) – Wallops, VA NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) – Suitland, MD Continuous, real time product generation Low latency E.g. Cloud and Moisture Imagery (KPPs): CONUS and Full Disk – 50 seconds; Mesoscale – 23 seconds High Reliability Maintain a minimum Operational availability of , averaged over a 30- day period Only Primary Operational Concept is Shown Mode 4 L1b – 0.96 TB/Day L TB/day (Compressed)

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Algorithm Implementation and Validation Pre-Launch: L1b and L2+ algorithm implementation in the Ground Segment (GS) is verified by comparing data products produced by the GS with expected results provided by instrument vendors (L1b) and the Algorithm Working Group (ABI and GLM L2+) Post-Launch: Products are validated following a Calibration/Validation plan – Validate observatory and ground system operability and performance – Perform provisional validation of L1b and KPP products – Perform beta validation of L2+ products using in-situ observations and legacy products 7

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Status of Product Generation Sub System Development Completed Factory Integration and Test of Product Generation and Distribution software in summer 2014 – Successfully demonstrated the capability to generate all baseline products and distribution to PDA Successfully demonstrated generation and distribution of sectorized Cloud and Moisture Imagery (KPP) to AWIPS Site Integration and Test scheduled in February 2015 – All 3 sites – WCDAS, RBU and NSOF 8

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Examples of ABI Products 9 Band 2 Reflectance Factor

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Sea Surface Temeprature 10

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Land Surface Temperature 11

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Cloud Top Temperature 12

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Simulated Sample Products for GLM Blue open circle = AWG Flash Red open circle = Ground System Flash Green open circle = AWG Group Black star = Ground System Group Blue dot = AWG Event Red dot = Ground System Event Example of a test case that spans the Full Disk (Stressing Case).

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Simulated SUVI Imagery Å SUVI Captures Full Disk Solar Imagery in the EUV Region

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Examples From Simulated Space Environment In- Situ Suite (SEISS) 15 MPS-LO Electron and Ion Flux X Electron Flux X Proton Flux MPS-HI Electron and Proton Flux SEISS Monitors Charged Particles

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Examples From EUV and X-Ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) 16 X-ray solar fluxes for the XRS-A ( nm) channel 25.6 nm 28.5 nm 30.5 nm EUVS-A Irradiances EUVS Irradiances are averaged every 30 seconds to create a product EXIS Measures EUV and X-Ray Fluxes

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information 17 MAG – Ambient magnetic field Ambient magnetic field (x,y,z) components in EPN, ECI, and BRF coordinate systems a 1 second interval

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information ABI Full Disk Product Latencies From Factory Tests 18 Seconds End-to-End L2 Product Latency to PDA

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information ABI CONUS Product Latencies From Factory Tests 19 Seconds End-to-End L2 Product Latency to PDA

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information ABI Meso Product Latencies From Factory Tests 20 Seconds End-to-End L2 Product Latency to PDA

2015 AMS Annual Meeting Non Export-Controlled Information Summary GOES-R Product Generation and Distribution capabilities successfully integrated and tested at factory Site integration and test on track Implementation of science algorithms is being verified by comparing data products produced by the Ground Segment with outputs generated independently by the instrument vendors (L1b) and AWG (L2+) 21