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Applications of GOES-8/9 data to hurricane analysisGOES-8 was successfully launched in 1994, and has performed up to expeditions and in some cases has actually exceeded pre-launch specifications. A similar geostationary satellite, GOES-9, was launched in May of 1995. This new generation of NOAA's geostationary satellites carry a superior design and instrumentation package that allow for greater detection of meteorological features and parameters. The new GOES imager has a 5 band multispectral capability with high spatial resolution, while the sounder contains 18 thermal infrared (IR) bands plus a low resolution visible band. The imager carries a visible channel with 1 10-bit quantization and increased sampling frequency, a short-wave and long-wave window channel, and a water vapor band with a twofold increase in spatial resolution and a factor of 3 improvement in signal-to-noise over that obtained from previous GOES sensors. The advances in observing the earth's atmospheric system anticipated from these improvements are outlined in Menzel and Purdom (1994). The specific impact of this improved remote sensing capability on the analysis of tropical cyclones is discussed here.
Document ID
19960008698
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Velden, Christopher S. (Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1995
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:199770
NASA-CR-199770
NIPS-95-06429
Meeting Information
Meeting: AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Location: Miami, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: April 1, 1995
Accession Number
96N15864
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-974
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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