GOES Sounder Meteorology 415 Fall 2007

Fundamental Relationships Stefan-Boltzmann Law Wein’s Law

Attributes of the Sounder The Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) was introduced on GOES-4 in 1981. The GOES-8 sounder has 18 thermal infrared bands plus a low-resolution visible band. The field of view (FOV) is 8 km and is sampled every 10 km

GOES Sounder Channel

Surfing the Channels Channel 1 680 Channel 2 696 Channel 3 711 14.71 14.37 14.06 13.96 13.37 Channel 1 680 Channel 2 696 Channel 3 711 Channel 4 733 Channel 5 748

Surfing the Channels Channel 6 790 Channel 7 832 Channel 8 907 1030 Channel 10 1345 12.66 12.02 11.03 9.71 7.43

Surfing the Channels Channel 11 1425 Channel 12 1535 Channel 13 2188 2210 Channel 15 2245 7.02 6.51 4.57 4.52 4.45

Surfing the Channels Channel 16 2420 Channel 17 2513 Channel 18 2671 4.13 3.98 3.74

GOES Sounder Prototype

GOES Sounder Products Land-Sea Temperature

GOES Sounder Products Cloud Top Pressure

GOES Sounder Products Composite Precip Water

GOES Sounder Products Lifted Index – Surface Stability

GOES Sounder Products Sea Surface Temperature

GOES Sounder Products Improved Model Precip Forecast

GOES Sounder vs Real Atmosphere Comparison of RAOBS with two GOES

GOES Sounder References http://www.comet.ucar.edu/class/smfaculty/schmit/sounder.html http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/remote/lecture_notes/satellite/instrumentation/snd_der_prod.html http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/sounder_tutorial/g8.html http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_scientists/atbd/docs/AIRS/AIRS_L1B_ATBD_Part_1.pdf