Instrument : Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)
Instrument Categories
Satellite Observations
General Overview
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) circle the Earth in a geosynchronous orbit over the equator. This means they observe the Earth from the exact same vantage point all the time. This allows the GOES satellites to continuously monitor a single position on the earth's surface from 35,800 kilometers (22,300 miles) above the earth. Currently, GOES satellites provide half-hourly observations of the Americas and their surrounding environment.
Output Value-Added Products
This instrument is an input to the following value-added products, which provide improved measurements or derived quantities.
- goes12minnis : GOES-12: 0.5 degree cloud products
- goes12uth : GOES-12: upper tropospheric humidity
- goes12uthgrid : GOES-12: upper tropospheric humidity (0.5 degree grid)
- goes8uth : GOES-8: upper tropospheric humidity
- goes8uthgrid : GOES-8: upper tropospheric humidity (0.5 degree grid)
- goes9uth : Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity (GOES-9)
- goes9uthgrid : (GOES-9) Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity Gridded
Output Datastreams
- goes10 : GOES-10: channels 1-5
- goes10vis : GOES-10: visible channel
- goes12 : GOES-12: channels 1-5
- goes12vis : GOES-12: visible channel
- goes7ir : GOES-7: infrared, channels 7, 10, 12
- goes7ir8 : GOES-7: infrared, channel 8
- goes7rad : GOES-7: radiance, channels 7, 10, 12
- goes7rad8 : GOES-7: radiance, channel 8
- goes7vis : GOES-7: visible channel
- goes8 : GOES-8: channels 1-5
- goes8composite : GOES-8: composite images, jpg
- goes8compositesmall : GOES-8: composite images, small, jpg
- goes8hovmuller : GOES-8: images, Hovmuller diagram
- goes8vis : GOES-8: visible channel
- goes9 : Satellite images covering longitude: 90E, 200E,latitude: 30S, 30N.
Primary Measurements
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant.
- Atmospheric moisture
- Atmospheric temperature
- Cloud fraction
- Cloud top height
- Longwave broadband net irradiance
- Optical depth
- Longwave narrowband radiance
- Shortwave broadband radiance
- Surface albedo
Locations
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Hillsboro, KS (Boundary) (B1)
- Morris, OK (Boundary) (B5)
- Purcell, OK (B6)
- Vici, OK (Boundary) (B4)
