Measurements and Applications
Atmospheric soundings and data on atmospheric stability and thermal gradient winds.
Full Name
Sounder
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Non-Operational
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Narrow-band channel IR radiometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF, RAW, GIF, JPEG, etc.
Resolution
10 km
[Best Resolution: 10000m]
Waveband
VIS - TIR: 19 channels
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
GOES-8 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 8 (1994 - 2003) |
| GOES-9 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 9 (1995 - 2005) |
| GOES-10 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 10 (1997 - 2006) |
| GOES-11 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 11 (2000 - 2011) |
| GOES-12 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 12 (2001 - 2013) |
EWS-G1 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 1 (2006 - 2025) |
| GOES-14 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 14 (2009 - 2029) |
| EWS-G - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System-Geostationary (2010 - 2028) |