THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

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Weather facsimile.

Full Name

Weather Facsimile

Status

No longer operational

Instrument Agencies

NOAA

Maturity

High Heritage - Operational

Instrument Type

Communications

Geometry

Instrument Technology

Sampling

Imaging

Data Access

Data Format

Resolution

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

Comms (RF) (~0.03 - ~300 GHz)

GOES-7 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 7 (1987 - 1996) goes-7_wefax

GOES-8 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 8 (1994 - 2003) goes-8_wefax

GOES-9 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 9 (1995 - 2005) goes-9_wefax

GOES-10 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 10 (1997 - 2006) goes-10_wefax

GOES-11 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 11 (2000 - 2011) goes-11_wefax

GOES-12 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 12 (2001 - 2013) goes-12_wefax