The GOES-R Series: A New Generation of Geostationary Environmental Satellites

The GOES-R Series: A New Generation of Geostationary Environmental Satellites introduces the reader to the most significant advance in weather technology in a generation. The world’s new constellation of geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) are in the midst of a drastic revolution with their greatly improved capabilities that provide orders of magnitude improvements in spatial, temporal and spectral resolution. Never before have routine observations been possible over such a wide area. Imagine satellite images over the full disk every 10 or 15 minutes and monitoring of severe storms, cyclones, fires and volcanic eruptions on the scale of minutes.

1. GOES-R Series Introduction
2. History of Geostationary Weather Satellites
3. GOES-R Series Spacecraft and Instruments
4. ABI Imagery from the GOES-R Series
5. Red-Green-Blue Composites from the GOES-R Series ABI
6. ABI Cloud Products from the GOES-R Series
7. ABI Legacy Atmospheric Profiles and Derived Products from the GOES-R Series
8. Winds from ABI on the GOES-R Series
9. GOES-R Series Applications to Hurricane Monitoring
10. Remote Sensing of Volcanic Ash with the GOES-R Series
11. Rainfall Rates from the GOES-R Series
12. Land Surface Temperature Product from the GOES-R Series
13. Monitoring Fires with the GOES-R Series
14. Snow and Ice Products from ABI on the GOES-R Series
15. Shortwave Radiation from ABI on the GOES-R Series
16. Lightning Detection: GOES-R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper
17. Air Quality Applications of ABI Aerosol Products from the GOES-R Series
18. GOES-R Series Solar Dynamics
19. GOES-R Series Solar X-Ray and Ultraviolet Irradiance
20. The GOES-R Series Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS): Measurement of Energetic Particles in Geospace
21. Magnetic Field Observations from the GOES-R Series
22. GOES-R Series Data Access and Dissemination
23. GOES-R Series Summary and Look Ahead