THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Identifierdcs-goesNamesData Collection System (GOES)DCS (GOES) About identifiers

Collects data on temperature (air/water), atmospheric pressure, humidity and wind speed/direction, speed and direction of ocean and river currents.

Full Name

Data Collection System (GOES)

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

NOAA

Maturity

High Heritage - Non-Operational

Instrument Type

Data collection

Geometry

TBD

Instrument Technology

Data collection system

Sampling

TBD

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

SHEF, SHEF-IT, HydroJSON, Hydromet, Hydstra, etc.

Resolution

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

EWS-G1 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 1 (2006 - 2023) ews-g1_dcs-goes

EWS-G3 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 3 (2009 - 2029) goes-14_dcs-goes

EWS-G2 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 2 (2010 - 2028) ews-g2_dcs-goes

GOES-16 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 16 (2016 - 2033) goes-16_dcs-goes

GOES-17 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 17 (2018 - 2030) goes-17_dcs-goes

GOES-18 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 18 (2022 - 2038) goes-18_dcs-goes

GOES-19 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 19 (2024 - 2043) goes-19_dcs-goes