1. NWA Annual Meeting Joint Satellite Workshop
Kathryn Mozer
GOES-R User Services Coordinator
NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD
NWA Joint Satellite Workshop
September 17, 2017

2. OUTLINE Workshop overview GOES Constellation and Current Status
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OUTLINE
Workshop overview
GOES Constellation and Current Status
GOES-R Instrument Overview
Disclaimer: All GOES-R imagery presented in this workshop are non-operational as the GOES-R satellite and instruments are undergoing post-launch testing
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3. Workshop Overview

4. Workshop Overview and Agenda
GOES-R Overview – Kathryn Mozer
S-NPP/JPSS Overview – Mitch Goldberg
Chetco Bar Fire case study
20 June 2017
GOES-R/16 Short Course

5. GOES-R Launch and Current Status

6. GOES Constellation 2 operational satellites 1 standby 1 spare
GOES-West
GOES-15
135° West
GOES-East
GOES-13
75° West
Standby
GOES-14
105° West
GOES-16
Checkout
89.5° West
2 operational satellites
1 standby
1 spare

7. GOES-16 Status Launched November 19, 2016 at 6:42 PM EST
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GOES-16 Status
Launched November 19, 2016 at 6:42 PM EST
Post-launch testing until June 23, 2017: Handover to NOAA Operations
Currently in a 6 month period of extended validation testing
All instrument data being distributed via GOES Rebroadcast (GRB)
ABI data also available via CLASS
Nov: Move to operational location to replace GOES-13 (GOES- East)
Dec: GOES-16 operational
GOES-S scheduled to launch Spring 2018
All dates are subject to change!
Launching a satellite is like opening a new restaurant. Post-launch testing is like a soft opening with a limited audience, which allows for trouble-shooting and preparing for the grand opening.
Post-launch testing is conducted through a series of tests and demonstrations performed by the key elements of the system: the satellite, ground system, and products.
During post-launch testing, there are periodic, planned data outages that are necessary to perform specific verification and validation functions. These outages are generally brief and part of normal post-launch testing, and they are part of the reason it’s important not to depend on GOES-16 data for operational needs during the testing period.
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8. Instrument Overview

9. GOES-R Series Spacecraft
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GOES-R Series Spacecraft
Extreme Ultraviolet and X-Ray Irradiance Sensor (EXIS)
Space Environment In Situ Suite (SEISS)
Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI)
Magnetometer
Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
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10. Geostationary Lightning Mapper

11. Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
Instrument Info:
~ 10 km across field of view with 8 km CONUS, 14 km at edge of field of view
Detects extent of total lightning activity
Day/night coverage with 70-90% flash detection (better at night)
Near-uniform detection efficiency spatially across the domain
Continuous coverage (2 ms frame rate)
<20 sec latency
Mission Benefits:
Cover data sparse regions
Diagnosing convective storm structure and evolution
Improved warning decision-making when combined with radar and satellite imagery
Aviation and marine convective weather hazards
Tropical cyclone intensity change
Decadal changes of extreme weather – thunderstorms/ lightning intensity and distribution
Lightning Safety!
East/West GLM FOV
Figures courtesy of Steve Goodman

12. Advanced Baseline Imager

13. Advanced Baseline Imager - ABI Three Times More Spectral Information
GOES-13/14/15 Spectral Bands
GOES-R Spectral Bands

14. Four Times More Spatial Resolution
Spatially: GOES-R Current
0.64 um VIS: km km
other VIS/NIR: km n/a
IR: km km

15. Five Times Faster Coverage
GOES-R: Current:
Flex Mode Routine
Full Disk: min hr
CONUS: min min
Mesoscale: sec n/a
or, 2 x 1-min
GOES-R: Current:
Cont. FD Mode FD Only
Full Disk: 5-min min OR
ABI Mode 3 (Flex Mode)
This illustrates the scanning strategy which scans in swaths. Forecasters will see the full, completed images.
Figure courtesy of J. Li
ABI in Flex Mode (15-min period)

16. Flex Mode Scanning 1 min 5 min 1 min 15 min Flex Mode (mode 3)
Mesoscale box locations are movable
1 min
5 min
1 min
15 min
1-km2 spatial resolution at satellite nadir. Pixel Areas are approximate. Each bin is rounded to the nearest 1km2 until we get to 9.5km2 and then all are binned into the red 10+ area. So the first, dark blue, ring covers pixel areas from 1 to 1.49km2 and is labeled “1”, above 1.5 to below 2.5km2 goes into the next ring and is called “2”, etc. GOES-East location. Proposed CONUS sector, approved by the NWS NOAT. Two meso-scale image sectors shown; these are selectable. The same central lat/lon used for these mesoscales produces a different sized and shaped area for different satellite locations.
Flex Mode (mode 3)
Courtesy of Tim Schmit and Mat Gunshor

17. For more information visit www.goes-r.gov twitter.com/NOAASatellites
Thank you
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18. Questions?
Slide credit to the GOES-R Program, the GOES-R Product Readiness and Operations Team, Tim Schmit, Mat Gunshor, Bill Line
questions to Kathryn Mozer