The GOES EAST geostationary satellite


General Information
Specialized data base
Datasets in the FASTEX Central Archive
Information on available data
Satellite imagery selection page
Data selection page

General Information
  • Description
  • Name : GOES-EAST
  • Operator : NASA
  • Type: geostationary satellite
  • location: 75W 0N
  • Instruments
  • GOES-I imager characteristics
    IGFOV (Instantaneous Geometric Field Of View) at nadir and SSR are presented in kilometers, and noise-equivalent temperatures for the thermal bands are specified for nominal scene temperatures (300 K for the window bands and 230 K for the water vapor band). 
    Channel  Wavelength    IGFOV (km)    SSR (km)
         (microns)     at nadir
-------  ----------    ----------     --------
   1     0.52-0.72     1.0x 1.0       0.57x 1.0
   2     3.78-4.03     4.0x 4.0       2.3x 4.0
   3     6.47-7.02     8.0x 8.0       2.3x 8.0
   4     10.2-11.2     4.0x 4.0       2.3x 4.0
   5     11.5-12.5     4.0x 4.0       2.3x 4.0

scanning: from north to south
scanning period for one image: 25mn
  • GOES-I sounder characteristics
    The Sounder is a 19-channel discrete-filter radiometer that senses specific data parameters for atmospheric vertical temperature and moisture profiles, surface and cloud top temperature, and ozone distribution.

    Sounder Detectors Channel Allocation: 

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Channel     Wavelength   Wave No.    Meteorological Objective
Detector Number         (mm)      (cm -1 )    and Max. Temp. Range
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Longwave   1           14.71        680     Temperature (space - 280 K)
           2           14.37        696     Sounding (space - 280 K)
           3           14.06        711     Sounding (space - 290 K)
           4           13.64        733     Sounding (space - 310 K)
           5           13.37        748     Sounding (space - 320 K)
           6           12.66        790     Sounding (space - 330 K)
           7           12.02        832     Surface temperature (space - 340 K)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Midwave    8           11.03        907     Surface temperature (space - 345 K)
           9            9.71       1030     Total ozone (space - 330 K)
          10            7.43       1345     Water vapor (space - 310 K)
          11            7.02       1425     Sounding (space - 295 K)
          12            6.51       1535     Sounding (space - 290 K)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shortwave 13            4.57       2188     Temperature (space - 320 K)
          14            4.52       2210     Sounding (space - 310 K)
          15            4.45       2248     Sounding (space - 295 K)
          16            4.13       2420     Sounding (space - 340 K)
          17            3.98       2513     Surface temperature (space - 345 K)
          18            3.74       2671     Temperature (space - 345 K)
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Visible   19            0.70      14367     Cloud
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    Further information can be found in the     GOES I-M databook,


    • Specialized data base :

  • University of Wisconsin Madison USA for the GOES imagery


    • Data sets in the FASTEX Central Archive:

  • Satellite Imagery
    Half-hourly imagery for the five channels.
    The GOES map area shows the domain used for GOES imagery.
  • Cloud Driftwinds Product
    Wind speed and direction deduced from clouds trajectories.

    • Information on available data in the FASTEX Central Archive
  • Satellite Imagery: summary of the daily data available for each satellite

  • Cloud driftwinds product: available data 
    Time   Channels         Days available
-----  ---------------  -------------------------
00:00  WV WV10 WV11 IR  from 97 01 03 to 97 01 09
                             97 01 12 to 97 02 11
                             97 02 14 to 97 03 02

06:00  WV WV10 WV11 IR  from 97 01 03 to 97 01 09
                             97 01 11 to 97 02 11
                             97 02 14 to 97 03 02

12:00  WV WV10 WV11 IR  from 97 01 11 to 97 03 01

13:00  WV WV10 WV11 IR  on 97 01 03 and 97 01 05

14:45  VIS              on 97 01 02
                        from 97 01 06 to 97 01 08
                        from 97 01 11 to 97 03 01

18:00  WV WV10 WV11 IR  from 97 01 02 to 97 01 08
                             97 01 11 to 97 01 17
                         and 97 01 20 to 97 03 01
    • Updated: 29 Jan 1999
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