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Data Changes from GOES-12/NOP Imagers

This article discusses the changes in the GOES-12 Imager, including improved spatial resolution and expanded spectral range. It also highlights the impact of these changes on various satellite products. The article provides detailed information and comparisons with other GOES imagers.

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Data Changes from GOES-12/NOP Imagers

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  1. Data Changes from GOES-12/NOP Imagers Timothy J. Schmit NOAA/NESDIS/STAR (formerly ORA) SaTellite Applications and Research (STAR) Advanced Satellite Products Team (ASPT) in collaboration with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Madison, WI Satellite Direct Readout Users Conference for the Americas 12 December 2002 UW-Madison

  2. Data Changes from GOES-12/NOP Imagers X-ray image of the Sun was taken by the SXI instrument onboard GOES-12 GOES-12 Imager Changes - Spectral - Spatial GOES-N/O/P Changes - Less outages http://www.sec.noaa.gov/sxi/

  3. sample high spectral-resolution earth emitted spectra Spectral ranges for the GOES-8/11 (top bars) and GOES-12+ (bottom bars) Imagers.

  4. GOES Imager bands

  5. GOES Imager 6.7 um vs 6.5 um

  6. GOES Imager Bands 4, 5, 6

  7. GOES-8 Imager data -- native perspective

  8. GOES-12 Imager data -- native perspective

  9. GOES-12 Imager comparisons The improved spatial resolution on the water vapor images from GOES-12 are evident (4 km detectors, as opposed to the 8 km detectors). After accounting for spectral response differences, the imager brightness temperatures are similar to those from operational satellites.

  10. GOES-8/12 Imager comparisons

  11. GOES-10 GOES-12 Both water vapor images are shown in their native projections. http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/011119/011119.html

  12. Average satellite brightness temperatures measured over the mountain wave signature region were about 3 degrees K warmer on GOES-12 than on GOES-10/08. The GOES-12/10/08 weighting functions calculated from the 19 September 00UTC Albuquerque NM rawinsonde profile, the theoretical water vapor channel brightness temperatures should have been about 3.5 degrees warmer on GOES-12 than on GOES-10/08.

  13. GOES-12 Imager -- Visible

  14. GOES-12 Imager -- IR window

  15. GOES-12 Imager -- 13.3 µm

  16. GOES-12 Imager -- Cloud Top Pressure

  17. GOES-12 Sounder -- Cloud Top Pressure

  18. Expected product changes Note: Most GOES Imager data or products are not affected by these changes (most imagery, infrared-only products, visible products, etc).

  19. Expected product changes

  20. GOES Imager spatial resolution characteristics. (GOES-8/11 values are from Menzel and Purdom 1994)

  21. Limitations of Current GOES Imagers • Regional/Hemispheric scan conflicts • Low spatial resolution • Missing spectral bands • Eclipse and related outages GOES-N/O/P will supply data through the eclipse periods. The spacecraft batteries are specified to be large enough to run through eclipse. Shields have been added to the secondary mirror spiders.

  22. Outages due to Eclipse and the Keep-Out-Zone No data! GOES-8 (~3 hours of data outage) GOES-N+ (~0 hours of data outage)

  23. GOES-O – improved spatial resolution of the 13.3 um band. 1 km 2 km 4 km 8 km

  24. More information: NWA article: Schmit, T. J., E. M. Prins, A. J. Schreiner, and J. J. Gurka, 2001: Introducing the GOES-M imager. Volume 25, Nos 3,4, Nat. Wea. Assoc. Digest. GOES-12 web pages http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/g12_report/ http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/goesm/test_results.htm GOES spectral response functions and GOES-M changes: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/change-channels.htm COMET page on GOES channels: http://meted.ucar.edu/satmet/goeschan/index.htm SXI and space weather: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/sxi/ GOES-12 Imager VISITview session (and a NOAA Technical Memo) are being developed.

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