Satellite and Information Service 12 May 2017 Geneva, Switzerland

Next Generation Satellites: GOES-R and JPSS Preparations and Early Experiences

Mark S. Paese, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services

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NOAA Constellation

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GOES-16: The Future of Forecasting

November 19, 2016

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GOES-16 Status

• All instruments generating science data.

• Direct broadcast community receiving data via GOES-R Rebroadcast (GRB) signal.

• NOAA/National Weather Service receiving data.

• Calibration/characterization activities underway.

• All planned post-launch software updates have been completed.

• Data for four instruments (SEISS, EXIS, ABI, SUVI) have been validated at “beta” maturity.

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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)

Two + spare satellite system continuously monitors the western hemisphere • Two active satellites (GOES-E and –W) plus one on-orbit spare • Current GOES: Western Hemisphere imaged every 30 min, continental U.S. imaged every

15 min • GOES-R Series: Western Hemisphere imaged every 15 minutes, continental U.S. imaged

every 5 minutes

Program Architecture 4 Satellites (GOES-R, S, T & U)

Operational Design Life 10 years for each spacecraft

GOES-R Launch Date GOES-R Series Launch Commitment Dates

November 19, 2016 GOES-S: 2018; GOES-T: 2019; GOES-U: 2025

Program Operational Life 2017 – 2036

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Visual & IR Imagery Lightning Mapping Advanced Baseline

Imager (ABI)

Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)

Terrestrial Weather Solar Weather

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GOES-R Series provides significant improvements in performance over legacy GOES satellites, including: • New lightning mapping capability for improved early warnings of

severe weather, including increased tornado warning lead time • Improves hurricane track and intensity forecasts • Improves aviation flight route planning, air quality warnings,

and fire detection • Improves warning of solar events to minimize impacts to

communications, navigation systems, power grids, and satellites on-orbit

Space Weather Monitoring

Solar Imaging

Extreme UV/X-Ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS)

Solar Ultra-Violet Imager (SUVI)

Magnetometer Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS)

GOES-16 Instruments

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Summary: • Weather sentinel, critical for nowcasting,

provides constant monitoring of: Hurricanes Severe storms

• Input to weather models, forecasts, and warnings

• Usable images between 60°N and 60°S

GOES data are shared globally

Operational Geostationary Satellites

• Sea surface temperature monitoring for fisheries and climate use

• Winds for aviation use and space weather • Solar imagery for communications satellites,

utility companies, and astronaut safety • Communications hub for buoy,stream gauge,

and other environmental data collection • Satellite-aided search and rescue

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GOES-16 Early Images

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GOES-16 Science to Service Preparations

Hazardous Weather Testbed

GOES-R Proving Ground

Learning from Himawari-8

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GOES-16 Data Access Direct Readout (receiving system) • Satellite Broadcast Network – serves National Weather Service • GOES ReBroadcast • High Rate Information Transmission / Emergency Managers

Weather Information Network • GEONETCast-Americas (upgraded from 1 to ~11.6MB/s)

Terrestrial Access • Product Distribution & Access (PDA) - Operational real-time users - Apply for access • Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) - Request and setup access

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Joint Polar Satellite System Status

JPSS-1 is preparing for launch – September 2017 Check out the JPSS-1 Launch website at NESDIS.NOAA.GOV/JPSS-1

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Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES)

NESDIS operates polar-orbiting weather satellite families • Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP)/ Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)

/ Polar Follow On (PFO) • Suomi NPP is the current primary polar-orbiting weather satellite

• Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES)

JPSS/PFO Program Architecture JPSS Program: 3 Satellites (Suomi NPP, JPSS-1, JPSS-2) PFO: 2 Satellites (JPSS-3, JPSS-4)

Operational Design Life Suomi NPP – 5 years; JPSS/PFO – 7 years

JPSS Launch Commitment Dates PFO Launch Commitment Dates

JPSS-1: 2017; JPSS-2: 2021 JPSS-3: 2026; JPSS-4: 2031

Program Operational Life JPSS: 2012 - 2038

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JPSS-1 Instruments (*JPSS-2 and PFO instruments ) Measurements

ATMS - Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder *

ATMS and CrIS together provide high vertical resolution temperature and water vapor information needed to maintain and improve forecast skill out to 7 days in advance for extreme weather events, including hurricanes and severe weather outbreaks

CrIS - Cross-track Infrared Sounder*

VIIRS – Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite*

VIIRS provides many critical imagery products including snow/ice cover, clouds, fog, aerosols, fire, smoke plumes, vegetation health, phytoplankton abundance/chlorophyll

OMPS - Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Nadir*

Ozone spectrometers for monitoring ozone hole and recovery of stratospheric ozone and for UV index forecasts

CERES - Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System

Scanning radiometer which supports studies of Earth Radiation Budget (ERB). Note: JPSS-2 will fly the Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI), a next-generation instrument of CERES provided by NASA

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JPSS/PFO Instruments

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Operational Polar Satellites • Provides global data for medium- and long-

range (3-7 days) weather prediction • Critical monitoring for hurricanes, droughts,

floods, snowstorms, and other severe weather events

• Detection of significant environmental events (e.g., fires, oil spills, volcanic events)

• Ocean observations • Collection of data from surface platforms • Satellite-aided search and rescue • Suomi NPP and JPSS provide advances in

weather, environmental, and oceanographic science through technological improvements in satellite instruments and capabilities over legacy POES satellites

Comparison of POES (top) and Suomi NPP (bottom) sounders for global temperature profile

Polar data shared globally

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Tropical Storm Flossie -- Suomi NPP

VIIRS Day/Night Band image at 1100 UTC 29 July 2013

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JPSS Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Program

• Arctic • Fire and Smoke • Hydrology • Ocean and Coastal • River Ice and Flooding • Sounding Applications • Weather/Numerical Weather

Prediction/Data Assimilation • Training

http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/proving_ground.html

http://realearth.ssec.wisc.edu/

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GEONETCast Americas GEONETCast Product Navigator w/ associated metadata

– Same “look and feel” across regional systems – Updated periodically; distributed daily via GNC-A

broadcast – Internet Independent – http://navigator.eumetsat.int/discovery/Start/Explore/Quick.do

Illustrated Product Catalog http://geonetcastamericas.noaa.gov/other-publications.html

Product Request Form: http://geonetcastamericas.noaa.gov/GNC- A%20Product%20Request%20and%20Submission%20Form

http://geonetcastamericas.noaa.gov/

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Training & User Education Upcoming in-person training • NOAA/WMO Train the Trainer Workshop prior to the 2017 NOAA Satellite

Conference and for the AmeriGEOSS meeting in Costa Rica. • Regional Focus Group Virtual session associated with the WMO Vlab.

Online Training Modules • Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training

(COMET): https://www.meted.ucar.edu/ • Satellite Hydrology and Meteorology for Forecasters ((SHyMet):

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/ • Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center (SPoRT)

product modules: http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/training/ • Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) Training Resources:

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/ • WMO http://www.wmo-sat.info/satellite-user-readiness/

Printed Materials • ABI Bands Quick Information Guides: http://www.goes-r.gov/education/ABI-bands-quick-info.html • GOES-R Fact Sheets • User Readiness Plan • GRB Downlink Specifications and Product Users’ Guide • Proving Ground Demonstration Final Reports and Annual Reports

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GOES-R International Training Requests

More information on GOES-R Series international training opportunities is located on the GOES-R website: www.goes-r.gov/users/training.html

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