Goes West Satellite Wiki

With goes 15 having been decomissioned in early 2020 the old goes west products on this page are no longer updating.

Goes west satellite wiki.

Nesdis is part of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa and the department of commerce. The goes r series a collaboration of noaa and nasa is the western hemisphere s most advanced weather monitoring satellite system. At night the blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus while gray to. The four satellites of the series goes 16 17 t and u will extend the availability of the goes geostationary operational environmental satellite system until 2036 for weather forecast and meteorology research.

All goes 17 goes west imagery will be available in slider. Extreme eastern pacific imagery is also available on the west atlantic imagery. To view imagery from the operational goes east goes 16 and goes west goes 17 satellites. True color daytime multispectral ir at night 4 oct 2020 01 11 utc.

With the transition to goes 16 as the goes east satellite on 8 january 2018 the old goes east products from goes 13 on this page are no longer updating. The office of satellite and product operations ospo is part of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. The office of satellite and product operations ospo is part of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. Nesdis is part of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa and the department of commerce.

Geocolor is a multispectral product composed of true color using a simulated green component during the daytime and an infrared product that uses bands 7 and 13 at night. Goes west satellite imagery. Goes east is occupied by goes 16 while goes west is occupied by goes 17. Ssec develops and utilizes instrumentation algorithms satellite ground and satellite archive systems to study the earth and other planetary atmospheres.

The space science and engineering center ssec is an internationally known research center at the university of wisconsin madison. Glm images updated every minute. Goes io indian ocean a new designation revealed in early may 2020 is currently occupied by goes 13 dod 1. During the day the imagery looks approximately as it would appear when viewed with human eyes from space.

416 x 250 px jpg 27 kb 625 x 375 px jpg 57 kb 1250 x 750 px jpg 198 kb. To view imagery from the operational goes east goes 16 and goes west goes 17 satellites. The east west designation is used more frequently than the satellite s number designation.