GOES-13
First Visible radiances
Data from SSEC Data Center
T. Schmit
ASPB
1st image
1st image
First GOES-13 Sounder vis (right) too dark in clear areas.
Reported GOES-13 Vis issue
• GOES-13 Sounder Visible Data: Initial
Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES)-13 Sounder visible data
showed the clear regions were too dark. This
was reported by the Advanced Satellite Products
Branch (ASPB) and after a collaborative
investigation, the root cause was found and the
Office of Satellite Operations (OSO) made a
correction on July 6. The correction was to boost
the value for the GOES-13 Visible Sounder
relativization in the ground Sensor Processing
Subsystem (SPS). The data now appear normal.
Note the GOES-13 visible data was corrected on July 6th, 2006