GOES-16 Data Distribution Update

Natalia Donoho (Acting) Deputy Division Chief, Satellite Products and Services Division (NOAA/NESDIS)

WMO RA-3-4-SDR 3rd Meeting City College of New York New York City, NY July 16, 2017

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Outline

• GOES-16 Status • Data Access and Distribution

– GOES-R Series Direct Broadcast (DB) • GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) • HRIT/EMWIN • GNC-A

– PDA Subscriptions – CLASS

• User Readiness and Training

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GOES-R Series • GOES-R (16, S, T, U) is the NOAA continuity for the

western hemisphere component of the space-based GEO Ring observing system (2016-2036) – GOES-16:

• Launch November, 2016; in Post-Launch Test at 89.5 W. • Disseminating provisionally validated L1B Cloud and Moisture

imagery over GRB and PDA (July 10). • Handover to NOAA Operations June 23, 2017. • Extended Post-Launch Testing through November. • Post-launch software updates are being successfully executed with

balanced updates to flight, data, and product operations. • GOES-16 will be fully operational as GOES-East in December.

– GOES-S: • Planned launch Spring 2018 to replace GOES-15 at 137 W. • 6 months Post-Launch Testing.

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GOES-16 Status

• All instruments generating science data. • Direct broadcast community receiving data via

GOES-R Rebroadcast (GRB) signal. • NOAA/National Weather Service receiving data. • Calibration/characterization activities underway. • Data for all six instruments (GLM, SEISS, EXIS, ABI,

SUVI, MAG) have been validated at “beta” maturity.

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Advisory on use of GOES-16 data • The data from GOES-16 are still considered preliminary and

are undergoing validation testing. NOAA is therefore requesting that any organizations that redistribute GOES-16 data -- before it is declared operational -- include the following disclaimer with the data: "NOAA's GOES-16 satellite has not been declared operational and its data are preliminary and undergoing testing."

• Users receiving these data through any dissemination means (including, but not limited to, PDA, GNC-A, HRIT/EMWIN, and GOES Rebroadcast) assume all risk related to their use of GOES-16 data and NOAA disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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Access Points to GOES-16 Data Direct Readout (requires receiving system)

GRB GOES ReBroadcast

HRIT/EMWIN High Rate Information Transmission/Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

GNC-A GEONETCast-Americas

Terrestrial Access

PDA Product Distribution & Access System • Operational real-time users access exclusively

CLASS

Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System • Request and setup access

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GOES-R Series Direct Readout Services

• Direct readout may require a new antenna, and will require a new receiver and processing software to handle the greater data volume.

• Receiver frequency shift from 1685.7 MHz (GVAR) to 1686.6 MHz (GRB).

• Dual circular polarized signals. • Data rate increased from 2.11 Mbps (GVAR) to 31 Mbps (GRB). • List of GRB Vendors and Manufacturers at:

http://www.goes-r.gov/users/docs/GRB_ReceivingSystemManufacturersList.pdf

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GOES-16 Products on GRB

• Level 1b products: – Radiances from Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI): 16 Bands; Full Disk,

CONUS, and Mesoscale – Solar Imagery from Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) – Solar Flux from the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors

(EXIS) – Energetic Heavy Ions from the Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS)

• Level 2 products: – Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)

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GRB Users: Region-specific (the Americas, outside the U.S.)

Location Status Canada (Met Services of Canada) Receiving GRB Santiago, Chile Receiving GRB Puerto Montt, Chile Tested but not receiving Easter Island, Chile Tested but not receiving Antofagasta, Chile Receiving GRB Costa Rica Receiving GRB Buenos Aires, Argentina September 2017 Brazil The purchasing process is almost complete Mexico Receiving GRB Ecuador December 2017

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Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary Data (CSPP Geo)

• A user-friendly software processing system has been developed that enables the Direct Broadcast community to easily integrate the algorithms into their remote terminals

• Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cspp/

• The software integrator interacts with and serve the DB community with web portals that they have independently established

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• High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) Service and the Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) will go operational when GOES-16 becomes the operational East satellite. There is currently a HRIT/EMWIN broadcast on GOES-16

• The GOES-16 Cloud and Moisture Imagery (CMI) was added in early June • Initial offering includes:

– EMWIN products including watches, warnings, forecasts and graphics – Copy of the GOES-DCS observations – Environmental products such as tropical weather – GOES-16 products – ABI Cloud and Moisture Imagery (CMI) converted

to the LRIT/HRIT standard – ABI Full Disk in Band 2, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15. 2 km spatial resolution

every 30 minutes. ABI mesoscale images in Bands 2, 7 and 13 every 15-30 minutes

HRIT/EMWIN

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LRIT & EMWIN - GOES-NOP HRIT/EMWIN on GOES-R Series

Full Disk Image 3 hourly full disk; .5 hourly Nh/SH Follows GOES East/West Schedule

7 Channels of Full Disk Level 2 imagery Full disk at 2 Km spatial resolution Every 30 minutes (time based subscriptions)

Other Modes Rapid Scan 3 channels of mesoscale imagery every half an hour

Polarization Linear Linear – Vertical offset

Receiver Center Freq LRIT 1691.0 MHz EMWIN 1692.7 MHz

1694.1 MHz (L-Band)

Data Rate LRIT 128 Kbps EMWIN 19.2 Kbps

400 Kbps

Antenna Coverage Earth Coverage to 50 Earth Coverage to 50

Data Sources (Imagery) Imager Vis, IR and WV ABI CMI (7 bands), 2, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15

Lightning Data None None initially, still evaluating

Other major sources Legacy EMWIN, copy of GOES-DCS, Tropical Wx, etc

EMWIN products, Copy of DCS observations, Topical Weather, etc

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HRIT/EMWIN • EMWIN products will be transmitted as a contiguous file on the

HRIT/EMWIN broadcast • A departure from the Quick Block Transfer (QBT) protocol packet

transmission • EMWIN Priority 1 and 2 products will be broadcast twice approximately 5

seconds apart, to help assure product reception in marginal or noisy radio frequency environments

• File Names. The EMWIN file naming convention has been revised to follow the WMO format identified in WMO Pub 386.

• More information can be found at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.htm

• Broadcast for 4 days in March 2017, with two users reporting successful signal lock. Both were able to visualize the imagery and products

• Post Launch Testing (PLT) was conducted during 6/5/17 – 6/16/17

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PDA and GOES-16

• PDA is providing GOES-16 data to CAL-VAL and approved Pre-Beta* Users. – *Current approved users include EUMETSAT, DoD, CMC, INPE,

remaining NWS (especially NCEP Centers).

• Due to capacity constraints, user access to NOAA’s near real-time terrestrial data distribution systems, such as the PDA, must be justified with a critical 24x7 public mission need.

• Currently, NOAA is not vetting new data access requests.

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The Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS)

• CLASS (www.class.noaa.gov): users can order limited GOES-16 data (up to 3000 files per order). All of the ABI data (Radiances and products) are located under one search family called "GOES-R Series ABI Products (GRABIPRD)" Access is now available for datatypes, ABI Level 1b and ABI L2 Cloud and Moisture Products since June 1, 2017.

• CLASS users can also set up a standing order for near real-time access to GOES-16 data. Data are generally available within 1-2 hours after observation time.

• CLASS ftp access (under development): 90 day rotating storage of GOES-16 data. Meso scans will be tarred into daily files.

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The Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS)

• NCEI GOES-16 Landing Page with information and

access to the data available from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/satellite-data/goes-r-series-satellites (max order limit is 3000)

• NSC17 Data Distribution and Access Breakout Session (Thursday, July 20 @ 9:00AM) – CLASS is presenting its access services

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Cloud Services • The NOAA Office of the Chief Information Office is

working very closely with several cloud services through the Big Data Project to enable quick access to larger volumes of satellite data and to enable users to perform computations and analyses without needing to download any data. These services will be announced very shortly.

• NSC17 Panel Discussion: Big Data (Monday, July 17 @ 12:55PM) – Ed Kearns, Big Data Program Officer at OCIO, will be

presenting GOES-16 access via the cloud providers.

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User Readiness and Training • There are contributions from the NCEP International

Desk, COMET, NWS International, and CIRA. • In-person training:

– NOAA/WMO Train the Trainer Workshop prior to the 2017 NOAA Satellite Conference and for the AmeriGEOSS meeting in Costa Rica.

• Regional Focus Group Virtual session associated with the WMO Vlab.

• Satellite Foundation Course for GOES-16 at the following link

• Panel Discussion: Training Resources (Tuesday, July 18 @ 12:45PM)

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Int’l and Conference Training Request Process

• Complete the Google form located on the GOES-R website under the training section.

• Janel Thomas (janel.thomas at noaa.gov) is POC and lead of a working group comprised of training and international affairs representatives from GOES-R, NESDIS, and NWS and will respond to the request.

• Requests will be honored depending on resource availability. At a minimum, virtual material can be provided.

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