GOES Products and Services Overview
Including User Services
6th GOES Users Conference
Madison, WI
Brian Hughes, Meteorologist/User Services
Satellite Services Division
Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
Brian.Hughes@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8051 x106
NOAA Satellite Program Overview
2 p.m. Orbit
GOES-11
135° West
GOES-13
Spare
GOES-12
75° West
GOES-10
60° West
GOES-14
PLT
10 a.m. Orbit
• Two polar operational satellites; one in morning
and one in afternoon orbit
• Two operational geostationary satellites
• Launch upon failure of imager or sounder
• On-orbit spare
• Continuity of operations since early 1960s
• GOES-14 in PLT
• Since May 2007, NOAA using EUMETSAT
satellite operationally for mid-morning orbit
through NOAA/EUMETSAT partnership
• Continuity of operations since 1974
DOC/NOAA is the U.S. civil operational environmental satellite agency
Note: Satellites are labeled with letters on the ground and changed to numbers on orbit
NOAA Satellite Services Overview
Office of Satellite Operations (OSO):
• Manages the launch (w/NASA), operation and maintenance
of NOAA’s environmental satellites.
• Ensures the lasting operation of NOAA’s satellites through
operations of ground system receive stations in Wallops
Island, VA; Fairbanks, AK; and Suitland, MD.
• Command, control, communicate with GOES, POES, DMSP
on-orbit satellites on a 24 by 7 basis.
• Acquires data from GOES, POES, DSMP, and Jason-2
Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
(OSDPD):
• Manages the operational processing system that converts
satellite data (GOES, POES, DMSP, Jason-2) into
environmental products for users.
• Provides analysis and interpretation of satellite data.
• Leverages relevant non-NOAA satellite data to enhance
products (NASA, Foreign environmental satellites).
• Interface between NESDIS and the user community.
• Manages the direct services (DCS, Argos) and the Search
and Rescue system (SARSAT).
Satellite Services Division
Within OSDPD, the Satellite Services Division
serves as the primary interface with the user
community of environmental satellite data and
products:
• Works alongside research in the development of products
and services from NOAA’s satellites
• Evaluates new products for operational usefulness
• Solicits feedback from users on the performance and
usefulness of operational satellite products and services
• Provides analysis and interpretation of satellite products;
natural hazard mitigation
• Manages the data collection and Search and Rescue
missions on board the NOAA satellites
• Provides unique services such as OSEI, Web Pages, GIS,
Google Earth.
Operations Overview
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)
 Provide continuous monitoring of North and South America, and Atlantic
and Eastern Pacific Oceans
 Primary source of data for short term forecasting, especially of severe
weather such as tropical storms
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES)
 Provides world-wide coverage every 12 hours
 Directly broadcasts data to users worldwide
 Primary source of data for longer term weather prediction, global
environmental monitoring, and long-term predictions
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
 Department of Defense satellite operated by NOAA
 Provides world-wide coverage every 12 hours
 Directly broadcasts data to Department of Defense users
Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OTSM) Jason-2
 Joint NOAA, NASA, CNES, EUMETSAT effort
 provides sea surface heights for determining ocean circulation, climate
change and sea-level rise
Non-NOAA Data (NASA, Foreign Governments)
Geostationary
Satellites
Polar Orbiting
Satellites
NOAA-15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Metop-A
MTSAT-1R (DOMSAT)
NASA Terra, Aqua
MSG (landline via Wallops)
Meteosat-7 (landline)
GOES-11, 12, 13, 14
DoD DMSP
GOES-10 (H/S only)
“Raw” Data
Various Ways
Processed
data,
products, and
services
Partners and Customers
Public
Polar Acquisition Stations for
POES, MetOp, EOS
- Wallops, VA
- Fairbanks, AK
- Gilmore Creek, AK
- Svalbard
- Honolulu, HI
- Miami, FL
- Australia
- Monterey, CA
- NASA DAACs
Current GOES PG/PD
GOES Ingest and
NOAAPort Interface
(GINI)
IBM SATEPSDIST
Servers
ESPC Processing
(ADDE and FTP)
Data Distribution Server
(DDS)
Dell Blade Servers
(Linux)
SAB Analysis
NOAAPort/AWIPS
NWS
NWS/NCEP
DOD
STAR
SAB
Universities
Private Industry
NWS/NCEP/EMC
ECMWF
UKMET
STAR
DOD
NWS/NCEP
DOD
STAR
SAB
Universities
Private Industry
Direct Service Operations
Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN):
 NOAA satellites relay critical information to users across the country.
 http://www.weather.gov/emwin/index.htm
Low Resolution Image Transmission (LRIT):
 NOAA satellites are used to relay satellite and weather products to users in remote
locations, that do not have landlines or internet connections.
http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/LRIT/
Data Collection:
 NOAA satellites are used to collect and relay scientific data from around the globe.
http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/DCS/
http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/ARGOS/
Search and Rescue:
 NOAA satellites are used to relay distress alerts from aviators, mariners
and land-based users.
http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/
Geonetcast Americas
 Data from NOAA for diverse societal benefits including agriculture, energy, health,
climate, weather, disaster mitigation, biodiversity, water resources, and ecosystems.
http://www.geonetcastamericas.noaa.gov/index.html
User Services
The Satellite Services Division serves as the
primary interface with the user community of
environmental satellite data and products:
• Provides realtime notifications to users and
stakeholders of any type of activity affecting product
ingest, processing or distribution
• Maintains “One Stop Shop” Help Desk responsible for
the monitoring of many operational OSDPD products and
services, and serves as the “first line” information portal
for users with problems or questions about products.
• Serves as the conduit of information between users and
the Product Area Leads (PALs), concerning inquiries
about product or dissemination specifics.
• Enhances the knowledge transfer between OSDPD and
stakeholders, concerning new or enhanced products or
services, changes to operational or experimental satellite
systems, and facilitates the transition of products from
research to operations (R2O)
User Services
Maintaining information portals to
enhance the flow of information
between OSDPD/SSD and users:
Updated web page with FAQ, contacts,
and archive of all notifications
•
E-mail lists, GTS bulletins, Twitter, RSS
feeds
•
Acquiring Help Desk/CRM Tools with user
“portals” for instant access to information
•
Integrating web based information
delivery pages with existing SOCC status
charts
•
www.osdpd.noaa.gov
www.oso.noaa.gov
Involved in the development and
deployment of the Satellite Product End to
End Documentation System (SPEEDS)
•
User Services
Help Desk Process Improvements
A Concept of Operations (ConOps) was
developed for OSDPD User Services to
assist with the development, integration,
and enhancement of all user services:
• Customer Relationship Management
• User Inquiries
• Problem Reporting
• Data ingest, processing, and
distribution status charts
• Satellite and instrument status
• Facility/IT status
• Routine and scheduled satellite
events
• Meetings were held with stakeholders
(NESDIS and NWS) to solicit feedback
and suggestions on User Notifications.
• Help Desk procedures were modified
to allow operators to generate
notifications and management calls with
greater ease and efficiency.
• All operational products and
applications are currently being vetted
to determine notification requirements,
management escalation, and user
impacts.
User Services
Outreach
• Actively engaging users, stakeholders,
potential customers, and the public to
discuss the types of products and services
we provide
• Soliciting feedback from existing users on
our performance
• Continually assessing user requirements,
and ensuring that we meet and exceed those
requirements
• Briefing users on the process to set up new
or enhances satellite products and services
through the SPSRB
• Exploring the use of Web 2.0 technologies
such as YouTube and Twitter:
www.twitter.com/noaa_osdpd
“Snapshot” of SSD Users
Major Users:
 NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP):
HPC, OPC, TPC, SPC, NCO, AWC, EMC, CPC, SWPC

N-AWIPS, AWIPS, Direct Broadcast, sFTP, Internet, ADDE
 NWS Weather Forecast Offices and River Forecast Centers

AWIPS and Internet
 National Ocean Service (NOS), National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS)

Internet and sFTP
 DoD, DoI, DoT, USDA, EPA, NASA, FEMA, NTSB, USGS

Shared Processing (DAPE), Internet, sFTP, Direct Broadcast,
NOAAPORT, ADDE
 International: EUMETSAT, ECMWF, UKMET

Direct Broadcast, Internet, ADDE
“Snapshot” of SSD Users
Major Users:
 Private Industry: WSI, WSC, Meteorologix, Accu-Weather, Unisys,
Baron, IPS Meteostar, airlines (Domestic and Int’l, and Cargo)

Direct Broadcast, NOAAPORT, Internet, ADDE
 Universities and Cooperative Institutes

Direct Broadcast, NOAAPORT, Internet, ADDE
 International Meteorological Services: Central and South
America, New Zealand, France; Research institutions, Volcanic
Ash Advisory Centers. Media and Private Users

Direct Broadcast, NOAAPORT, GeoNetCast
 General Public
Internet, ADDE
 Public demand for GOES imagery during a land falling hurricane can
account for as much as 300 million “hits” per week, and over 10 Tb of
data served!

What does the future hold?
GOES-R and NPOESS each bring a set of unique
challenges and opportunities to User Services:
• Increase of raw data and products
• User Education and Training
• Proving Grounds
• Working with NDE and GOES-R to develop and vet
user requirements
• Ensure users are “ready” for the next generation
Backup Slides
Current GOES PG/PD
High Level Dataflow for GOES
Backup CDA Systems
WBU Greenbelt, MD (GOES-East)
FCDAS Fairbanks, AK (GOES-West)
Telemetry & Command
GVAR Uplink Only
GOES
Spare
105W
GOES
WEST
135W
NESDIS- NSOF, Suitland, MD
AWIPS (NWS)
Backup NCF
AWIPS (NWS)
Primary NCF
Fairmont, WV
Silver Spring, MD
SOCC
GOES
EAST
75W
EMWIN / LRIT
SARSAT/USMCC
ESPC
Ingest: SDIs & AFEP
Commands/
Telemetry
Remapper
EMWIN
NOAAPORT Broadcast Users
Weather
Forecast Office
River
Forecast Center
NOAA
Other Gov’t Agencies
Academia
DOD
Media and Private Sector
Others
GINI
ESPC Processing and Distribution
Direct Readout
GVAR, EMWIN,
DCS, LRIT, SARSAT,
Space Weather
Wallops, VA
CDA Station
Telemetry Command
GVAR, EMWIN
DCS, LRIT Uplinks
Backup
GINI
and
Backup
GINI
Critical
GOES
(data
only to
BNCF)
products
NWS EMWIN Facility
Silver Spring, MD
Users of ESPC Systems
General Forecasts
Thunderstorm/Tornado Warnings
Airports
Flood, Fire Warnings
Ocean Analysis
NESDIS – WWB
Products and
Camp Springs, MD Analysis
Satellite Services Division
Satellite Analysis Branch
Products Implementation Branch
Satellite Applications and Research
Research &
Scientific
Community
Web
Public
NCEPs
Storm Prediction Center Norman, OK (and GVAR user)
Tropical Prediction Center Miami, FL (and GVAR user)
Aviation Weather Center Kansas City, MO (and GVAR user)
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center Camp Springs, MD
Ocean Prediction Center Camp Springs, MD
Environmental Modeling Center Camp Springs, MD
Computing Resources Locations:
Gaithersburg, MD (primary)
Fairmont, WV (backup)
Other Users:
Government
Academia
DCS DATA
(terrestrial)
Users of Services
NOAA
NCEPs (TPC,
AWC, SPC)
Space Weather
Prediction Center
(Boulder, CO)
DOD
Other Government
Agencies
(i.e. USGS, FAA)
Media and
Private Sector
Academia
Other
Product Operations
Current methodology for requesting GOES I-P Rapid Scan
AWIPS does not handle Super Rapid Scan (for research
and special events only)
NWS Request for
RSO through SDM
SDM relays request to
SAB. SAB checks
schedule (maneuvers,
eclipse, etc)
SAB relays request to
ESPC Operations.
ESPC generates user
notice
GOES-East Routine Scan
Up to 40% of schedule
during Spring/Summer
“Convective” season is
comprised of Rapid
Scanning.
Results in significant
loss of satellite
coverage for South
America
4x/Hr
ESPC relays request to
SOCC. SOCC generates
schedule and confirms
GOES-East Rapid Scan
8x/Hr
2x/Hr
2x/Hr
1x/Hr
2x/Hr
Product PD Operations - AWIPS
NOAAPORT Distribution
http://www.weather.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml
• Main User – NWS / AWIPS
• Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN)
•
– Provides broadcast and reliable
multicast data transmission to field
sites.
• Transmitted data includes: Centrally
collected radar data, GOES
imagery, NCEP model data, field
observations, and watches and
warnings
– DVB-S
• Single channel solution.
• Linearly scalable up to 43 Mbps
Satellite Data on NOAAPORT limited to
remapped CONUS and AK, HI, PR with
subset of sounder bands
Satellite and Product Operations –
Current Org
Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly
Satellite
Ops
Director
Acting Director
Administrative and
Budget
National Ice
Center
Deputy
Director
Deputy
Director
Product
Ops
Fairbanks CDA
Wallops
Island CDA
Satellite
Operations
Control Center
Information
Processing
Division
Program
Management
Division
Satellite
Services
Division
Operations
Control
Computer
Operations
Satellite
Products
Systems
Support
Support
IT Services
Satellite
Analysis
Engineering
Software
Engineering
Direct
Services
Satellite and Product Operations –
Future Org
Kathy Kelly,
Director
Administrative
Officer
Corporate
Services Manager
Ajay Mehta,
Deputy
Assistant Director
Special Projects
Fairbanks CDA
Wallops Island
CDA
Doug Crawford
Mission
Operations
Division
Ron Mahmot
NOAA Ice
Center
Satellite Products
and Services
Division
(Navy, NOAA,
USCG)
David Benner
Operations
IT Services
Satellite
Products
Systems
Support
Support
Satellite
Analysis
Systems
Direct
Services
Engineering
Engineering
Orange indicates GOES-R participation
Control
Satellite and Product
Operations
Product Operations
“Ancillary” Data Input
“RAW” Imagery Data
GOES-12
GOES-11
MTSAT-1R
NOAA-15
NOAA-16
NOAA-17
NOAA-18
NOAA-19
MetOp-A
Meteosat-9
Meteosat-7
Other NASA
ESPC
Processing
RADAR Data
Model Data
Forecast Data
Surface Data
Upper Air Data
Profiler Data
RAOB/Radiosonde Data
Ship Reports
Pilot Reports
Buoy Reports
Applications (subset)
Global Geostationary Satellite
Imagery
Tropical Cyclone Analysis
Volcanic Ash Detection and
Tracking
Fire Monitoring and Analysis
Flash Flood Analysis
Satellite Imagery for AWIPS
Winds
ASOS Satellite Cloud Project
Sounding-Derived Products
Snow Cover
Special Events Imagery
Products (sampling)
GOES-12, GOES-11, MTSAT-1R, Met-9. and Met-7 Remaps
GOES-12 and GOES-11 High Density Winds
GOES-12 and GOES-11 ASOS SCP
GOES-12 and GOES-11 DPI
GOES-12 and GOES-11 Soundings
GOES-12 and GOES-11 IFFA
GOES-12 and GOES-11 Product Archive (NCDC)
NOAA-15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Derived SNOW-IMS
GINI: AWIPS Predefined Digitally Remapped Sector Products
SSM/I WINDS, Rain Rate, Total Precipitation Water, Snow
POES Passes and Composites
SSM/I Composites
GOES SST
For more product/application information, see the Consolidated
Product List (CPL) at: http://satprod.osd.noaa.gov/cpl/cpl.cfm
Product Operations
• Environmental Satellite Processing
Center (ESPC)
• Information Technology/Enterprise
Architecture
• Interpretive Satellite Products
• Product Improvement and R2O
• Direct Services Management
• Working with STAR and OSD to acquire resources and science to turn data into products
• Works alongside users and research in the development of products and services from NOAA’s
satellites
• Evaluates new products for operational usefulness
• Solicits feedback from users on the performance and usefulness of operational satellite products and
services
• Assess and plan for enterprise wide architecture necessary to carry out operations
• Manages the data collection and Search and Rescue missions on board the NOAA satellites
• Provides unique services such as OSEI, Web Pages, GIS, Google Earth.
Product Operations
“Ancillary” Data Input
“RAW” Imagery Data
GOES-12
GOES-11
MTSAT-1R
NOAA-15
NOAA-16
NOAA-17
NOAA-18
NOAA-19
MetOp-A
Meteosat-9
Meteosat-7
Other NASA
ESPC
Processing
RADAR Data
Model Data
Forecast Data
Surface Data
Upper Air Data
Profiler Data
RAOB/Radiosonde Data
Ship Reports
Pilot Reports
Buoy Reports
Applications (subset)
Global Geostationary Satellite
Imagery
Tropical Cyclone Analysis
Volcanic Ash Detection and
Tracking
Fire Monitoring and Analysis
Flash Flood Analysis
Satellite Imagery for AWIPS
Winds
ASOS Satellite Cloud Project
Sounding-Derived Products
Snow Cover
Special Events Imagery
Products (sampling)
GOES-12, GOES-11, MTSAT-1R, Met-9. and Met-7 Remaps
GOES-12 and GOES-11 High Density Winds
GOES-12 and GOES-11 ASOS SCP
GOES-12 and GOES-11 DPI
GOES-12 and GOES-11 Soundings
GOES-12 and GOES-11 IFFA
GOES-12 and GOES-11 Product Archive (NCDC)
NOAA-15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Derived SNOW-IMS
GINI: AWIPS Predefined Digitally Remapped Sector Products
SSM/I WINDS, Rain Rate, Total Precipitation Water, Snow
POES Passes and Composites
SSM/I Composites
GOES SST
For more product/application information, see the Consolidated
Product List (CPL) at: http://satprod.osd.noaa.gov/cpl/cpl.cfm
Product and Service Requests
GVAR Service Operations
GVAR
Satellite
“Downlink”
(2.6 Mbps)
“GVAR”
(2.11 Mbps)
Users
Wallops CDA
Any GVAR site
The GVAR is a combination of imager and sounder (scaled) radiances
(no products). No data compression is used.
Product PD Operations
GINI (GOES Ingest and NOAAPORT Interface)
 McIDAS powered remapped satellite data distributed to NWS for display on
AWIPS
 Derived products (i.e. GOES/POES Sounding Products) generated external to
GINI distributed via GINI
SATEPSDISTx (1-7) – McIDAS ADDE Based
 Serves real time and remapped imagery from GOES, POES, MTSAT, Meteosat-
9/7, MTSAT, NASA/EOS
 Serves Derived products from GOES, POES, DMSP, QuikSCAT, TRMM
 Serves Model and InSitu (observations, forecasts) Data
DDS
 AIX server delivers primarily polar products for use in polar derived product and
for assimilation into NWP
DAPE (SPP)
 Data exchange of Air Force, Navy, NESDIS, NWS
 Largely derived products such as from SSM/I, GOES Winds
ReBroadcast Services: GeoNETCAST, NOAAPORT
 GVAR, LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, SARSAT
 HRPT, VHF, APT, ARGOS
Satellite Services
NOAA’s Satellites are used for more than
remote sensing!
• Data Collection System (DCS)
• ARGOS
• Low Rate Information Transmission (LRIT)
• Emergency Managers Weather Information
Network (EMWIN)
• Search and Rescue (SARSAT)
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