Measurements and Applications
Measures cloud cover, atmospheric radiance, winds, atmospheric stability, rainfall estimates. Used to provide severe storm warnings/ monitoring day and night (type, amount, storm features).
Full Name
Imager
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF, RAW, GIF, JPEG, etc.
Resolution
10 km
[Best Resolution: 10000m]
Waveband
GOES 8 - 11: VIS: 1 channel (8 detectors), IR: 4 channels: 3.9 µm, 6.7 µm, 10.7 µm and 12 µm, GOES 12 - Q: VIS: 1 channel (8 detectors), IR: 4 channels: 3.9 µm, 6.7 µm, 10.7 µm and 13.3 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 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) |