Instrument : GOES
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
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.
- g12prof : GOES-12: water vapor and temperature profiles
- goes12minnis : GOES-12: 0.5 degree cloud products
- goes12minnis-acf : GOES-12: 0.3 degree cloud products, ARM Central Facility
- goes12uth : GOES-12: upper tropospheric humidity
- goes12uthgrid : GOES-12: upper tropospheric humidity (0.5 degree grid)
- goes7minnis : GOES-7: 0.5 degree cloud products
- goes7minnis-acf : GOES-7: 0.3 degree cloud products, ARM Central Facility
- goes7minnis-scm : GOES-7: 0.5 degree cloud products, Single Column Model
- goes8minnis : GOES-8: 0.5 degree cloud products
- goes8minnis-acf : GOES-8: 0.3 degree cloud products, ARM Central Facility
- 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. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
