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A Closer Look at the ABI on the GOES-R SeriesThe Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on board the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) is America's next-generation geostationary advanced imager. GOES-R launched on 19 November 2016. The ABI is a state-of-the-art 16-band radiometer, with spectral bands covering the visible, near-infrared, and infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Many attributes of the ABI-such as spectral, spatial, and temporal resolution; radiometrics; and image navigation/registration-are much improved from the current series of GOES imagers. This paper highlights and discusses the expected improvements of each of these attributes. From ABI data many higher-level-derived products can be generated and used in a large number of environmental applications. The ABI's design allows rapid-scan and contiguous U.S. imaging automatically interleaved with full-disk scanning. In this paper the expected instrument attributes are covered, as they relate to signal-to-noise ratio, image navigation and registration, the various ABI scan modes, and other parameters. There will be several methods for users to acquire GOES-R imagery and products depending on their needs. These include direct reception of the imagery via the satellite downlink and an online-accessible archive. The information from the ABI on the GOES-R series will be used for many applications related to severe weather, tropical cyclones and hurricanes, aviation, natural hazards, the atmosphere, the ocean, and the cryosphere.
Document ID
20180002108
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Schmit, Timothy J.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Madison, WI, United States)
Griffith, Paul
(Harris Corp. Fort Wayne, IN, United States)
Gunshor, Mathew M.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Daniels, Jaime M.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration College Park, MD, United States)
Goodman, Steven J.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lebair, William J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
March 26, 2018
Publication Date
April 24, 2017
Publication Information
Publication: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Publisher: AMS
Volume: 98
Issue: 4
ISSN: 0003-0007
e-ISSN: 1520-0477
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN45794
Funding Number(s)
OTHER: 417
CONTRACT_GRANT: NA15NES4320001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
GOES-R
ABI

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