Category: GOES

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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GOES-East satellite capturing snow, contrails, and more!

December 27, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, satellite

Yesterday we saw snow cover over Arkansas and eastern Texas and Oklahoma on satellite imagery. This morning, more cool-ness from 22,500 miles up! A visible shot from GOES-East shows snow cover in northeast AR that is not obscured by clouds (the brighter white area), contrails from jet airplanes at cruise altitude, thin cirrus overhead the snow/contrails as…
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GOES-14 comes out of hibernation to produce stunning satellite imagery

September 24, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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education, GOES, satellite, weather pics

I wanted to share the image below for a couple of reasons. If you aren’t familiar with it, this is a “full disk” satellite image. GOES (or geo-synchronous orbiting satellites) orbit the Earth in one spot (hence their orbits are synchronized with the rotation of the Earth) at an altitude of 22,500 miles. They not only take…
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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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GOES-14 produces first full disk infrared image

August 17, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, satellite

If you recall from a previous post on this blog, or from other sources, a new GOES satellite was launched into space aboard a Delta IV rocket in late June to help watch Earth’s weather from 22,000 miles up. This satellite reached geostationary orbit on July 8 and was named GOES-14. It produced its first…
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New GOES satellite reaches orbit

July 10, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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GOES, satellite

In case you missed it, Boeing/NASA/NOAA sent a new weather satellite into space onboard a Delta IV rocket back on June 27. This satellite, named GOES-O (the letter, not the number 0), has been maneuvering around to get into final orbit for the past couple weeks and on Wednesday reached its final destination at 22,300…
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