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Tornadoes from Hurricane Ida Hit NJ

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Overview of the September 1, 2021 EXTREME Weather Event

GOES- 16/17 VIrtual Science Fair

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Contact Margaret Mooney, at margaret.mooney@ssec.wisc.edu.
or go online at: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/goesr/vsf

"NEW! We've STREAMLINED the spring 2020 virtual science fair so students can participate and submit individual projects from their own home. You still need data from GOES-16 or GOES-17 to investigate weather and natural hazards. AND there will still be three winning teams OR individuals: middle school, high school and grades 13/14 (community college or university).

Students from the winning teams will receive $25 gift cards AND official GOES-T launch viewing invitations to KSC (but no travel support). Their teachers will garner launch invites (no travel support) and conference travel support to attend and present at the 2021 American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting in New Orleans!"

NAS Report Supports Satellite-Based Observations

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SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

"Earth observations from space benefit society in numerous ways,
but perhaps the most obvious comes from our rapidly improving
ability to forecast the weather and the paths and intensity of major
storms. The global observations of atmospheric properties enabled
by satellite-based instruments have proved to be a key in this regard,
because land-, aircraft-, and balloon-based measurements
have limited coverage, especially over the oceans."

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2019. Thriving on Our
Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space: An
Overview for Decision Makers and the Public. Washington, DC: The National
Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25437.

Hurricane Dorian

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As Hurricane Dorian approached the Ababco Islands, GOES East zoomed in the powerful storm's eye. The Cat. 5 storm's maximum winds increased to near 175 mph.

Source: NOAA NESDIS News (Sept. 2019)

NOAA Launches New, Interactive Satellite Maps

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NOAA has released interactive satellite maps which enables users to view current imagery and a global archive. Be sure to check this out it is an amazing tool! Check out GOES "S" while you're there.

Go to:
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/
Look for "Imagery and Data" tab.

Thank you NOAA NESDIS!

GOES 16 Moves into Position

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GOES R Quarterly Newsletter

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Check out the latest updates about the GOES 16 satellite and products:

http://www.goes-r.gov/multimedia/newsletters/docs/GOESRQ32017NewsletterFinal.pdf

Irma Offers Test Run For NWS GOES-16 Satellite, Ground Systems

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The Orlando (FL) Sentinel (9/8) reported that the National Weather Service’s (NWS) new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-16), still in testing and not expected to go live until November, has been put to use in tracking Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and relaying the information back to ground systems built by Harris Corporation. Experts said that data collected by GOES-16 has improved meteorologists’ predictions, and that the satellite itself has lived up to expectations. NWS Weather Prediction Center meteorologist Andrew Orrison said, “GOES-16 is giving us a keen sense of the intensity of the hurricane,” and that the satellite is helping the NWS get information to the public quickly and accurately. Whereas previous satellites had frequent delays of several minutes, GOES-16 can send updated data every 30 seconds. “We are dealing with high-impact weather,” Orrison said. “It’s a major asset and it’s making a difference.”

GOES 16 Hurricane Irma Imagery

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Visible: http://col.st/2hDrJ

Thermal: http://col.st/GN3E2

GOES 16 Captures Hurricane Harvey

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GOES 16 captures Hurrican Harvey's landfall.
Click on the link and hit the "play" button.

August 25, 2017
http://col.st/BlQRb

August 26, 2017
http://col.st/blbHk

GOES 16 Captures Solar Eclipse

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GOES 16 captures national total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017.
Click on the link and be sure to hit the "play" button.
http://col.st/RJMfH

NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth

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"This composite color full-disk visible image was captured at 1:07pm EST on January 15, 2017 and created using several of the 16 spectral channels available on the ABI. The image shows North and South America and the surrounding oceans. GOES-16 observes Earth from from the coast of West Africa, to Hawaii, and everything in between."
Source: NOAA

Hunting for Lightning: A Day at the GOES-16 Post-Launch Field Campaign

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NESDIS News:

"It’s mid-April 2017 and the GOES-16 Field Campaign, a two-month-long effort to calibrate and validate the earth
viewing instruments on NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite, has officially entered its second phase.
For the last month a team of instrument scientists, meteorologists, and specialized pilots have used a high-altitude
plane, ground-based sensors, and satellites to collect and compare measurements from across the United States.
With life-saving warnings and revolutionary weather data on the line, it is imperative that this campaign succeeds.
NOAA’s newest and most advanced weather satellite must be as accurate as possible."

For more information go to NOAA NESDIS
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/hunting-lightning-day-goes-16-post-launch-field-campaign

ABI Validation Flight

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This video shows the view from from the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft cockpit before a flight over the Sonoran Desert coastline during the ABI validation flight on March 23. Credit: NASA

Read more about this event at:
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/high-altitude-plane-takes-sky-noaas-goes-16-field-campaign

RE: GOES-16 Color Composite Images from NESDIS

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These are awesome images!

GOES-16 Color Composite Images from NESDIS

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Dust Off the Coast of AfricaAdvanced Baseline Imager 16 ChannelsThe Moon from Geostationary Orbit

GOES-16 and GOES-13 Earth Photo Comparison from Jan 15, 2017.

GOES-R Separation in Space

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GOES-R (now GOES 16) separation in space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7WOqnC5JW4&feature=youtu.be

From NESDIS News, Dec 2016)

What's next for GOES-16?

After a series of maneuvers, conducted using the satellite's hydrazine bipropellent thrusters (HBTs), GOES-16 has placed itself in its designated 89.5 degree West longitude checkout location where it will undergo an extended validation phase lasting approximately one year.
GOES-16's magnetometer boom has now been deployed and the satellite's primary instruments, the ABI, GLM, SUVI, EXIS, and SEISS, are being powered on and tested.
The GOES-R ground system is also reporting that the system is stable and preforming very well. The ground systems have successfully supported launch, orbit raising, and spacecraft activation, and will now prepare for the first data to begin flowing from the satellite.

Message from Dr. Sullivan

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Greetings:
Last week, NOAA launched the country's newest and most sophisticated Earth-observing weather satellite, GOES-R. I joined Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to witness this historic moment and congratulate the NOAA and NASA teams that worked tirelessly for more than a decade to design, build and launch our nation's newest eye in the sky.

The GOES-R satellite - now called GOES-16 - is the meteorological equivalent of moving from black and white to ultra-high definition television. Capable of scanning the skies five times faster and at four times the resolution of any other satellite in our fleet, this technological marvel will provide sharper and more informative views of every weather system crossing the U.S. and environmental anomalies throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Too often in recent history we have seen how extreme weather can change a life, or an entire community in seconds. Likely, it isn't until we find ourselves in weather's way that we realize how valuable an extra minute, an extra hour, or an extra day could have been in our decisionmaking. GOES-16 will help us reach NOAA's goal of increasing watch and warning lead times. Not only that, it will provide better quality data more often, allowing forecasters to issue detailed and timely information about storm systems, ultimately helping us build more resilient communities and a Weather-Ready Nation.

Once GOES-16 is in operation, likely sometime next year, NOAA's National Weather Service forecasters will more quickly and with more confidence be able to detect and understand weather, water, climate, and environmental threats to our communities and businesses. With this critical investment in the next generation of satellites, America will continue to be backed by a National Weather Service that is second to none.

Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

GOES-R Turns "Sweet 16"

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GOES-R is now GOES-16!November 30, 2016Yesterday, November 29, 2016, NOAA's GOES-R satellite executed its final liquid apogee engine burn without anomaly. This has placed the satellite approximately 22,000 miles away with an inclination of 0.0 degrees, meaning it has reached geostationary orbit. GOES-R is now GOES-16!Later today, GOES-16 will perform its second stage solar array deployment, releasing the solar array yoke and solar pointing platform. In the days that follow, the software will be transitioned from the 'orbit raising' mission phase to 'operational,' several maneuvers will be conducted to adjust the satellites precise orbit, and the magnetometer boom will be deployed. Testing and calibration of GOES-16 will then begin.

We have Lift Off!

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We have lift off! NOAA’s GOES-R satellite heads to orbit
November 19, 2016
GOES-R, the first of NOAA’s highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, has successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:42pm EST and is on its way to orbit! Read the full story here.