TIROS-1: The First Weather Satellite GOES Weather Satellite GOES Weather Satellite NOAA Polar Orbiter IR Enhancement •Steep Linear Enhancement: Going through a wide range of shades over a limited temperature range • Contouring: Discontinuous change of shading at certain temperatures to indicate specific values •Color enhancement: Using color to highlight certain temperature values. MB Enhancement Fog Product Based on Difference Between IR and SW IR Water Vapor Channel Products from the GOES Sounder 19 Channels GPS Sounding • A constellation of GPS satellites orbit the earth. • By measuring the delay in time as the GPS signal is bent by the earth’s atmosphere, one can acquire density information that can be used to create temperature and humidity soundings. • Can do this with fixed receivers on earth or with receivers on satellites--the COSMIC project. Cosmic Soundings