Category: GOES-R

5 Musings as November comes to an end

November 30, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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autumn, event weather, forecast discussion, GOES, GOES-R, tropical, winter

The month of November is wrapping up and we now head into the season in which people start asking (more) about important things (like snow). It’s also the end of a couple of other seasons though. Here’s more on that, as well as a look ahead to this weekend’s beautiful weather, a major weather pattern…
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GOES-16: A Weather and Climate Game-Changer

May 24, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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education, GOES, GOES-R, meteorology, technology, weather 102

When it comes to weather forecasting, meteorologists are often only as good as the technology and data they have access to. Perhaps one of the greatest leaps forward for the weather enterprise in the 21st Century is not even on this planet, but rather orbiting well above it. One satellite has the capability of changing…
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Game-changer! GOES-R weather satellite takes to the sky

November 17, 2016

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Erik Proseus

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GOES-R

A “game-changer” in the realm of earth observing systems, GOES-R is the first in a new generation of weather satellites. It heads to space on Saturday afternoon at 4:42pm CST aboard an ATLAS V rocket launching from Cape Canveral, FL. (Interstingly, the launch was delayed as Hurricane Matthew moved up the Florida east coast last…
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GOES-13 begins operational life as GOES-East

April 13, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, GOES-R, satellite

A new generation of weather-watching satellites comes online in an official capacity tomorrow, April 14, 2010 at 2:34pm CDT. At that time, GOES-13 (GOES-N when originally launched in May 2006) will replace GOES-12 as the operational satellite covering the eastern portion of the United States and Northern Hemisphere. It will frequently be referred to simply…
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