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The GOES-R series is four spacecraft with six instruments that comprise the next generation of U.S. geostationary sensors. GOES-R launched on November 19, 2016 and became GOES-16 on November 29, when it reached geostationary orbit. The primary instrument, the earth-viewing imager on the series, is the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). The ABI is a significant improvement over the current GOES imager...
The Algorithm Scientific Software Integration and System Transition Team (ASSISTT) at NESDIS STAR (National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, Center for Satellite Applications and Research) has designed, developed and implemented a Near Real-Time (NRT) processing system to process algorithms for scientists and other stakeholders. The system generates products using the STAR Algorithm...
Hurricane Sandy – a tropical cyclone that transitioned into an extratropical cyclone near the time of landfall along the east coast of the United States – caused historic damage in many regions which rarely receive such a direct hit from a storm of this magnitude, including many of the large metropolitan areas along the U.S. eastern seaboard. Specifically, Sandy generated record low-pressure, a large...
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