What does it cover? This session addresses “Why?”, “When?”, and “What Sensors?” will be on GOES- R, and presents examples of what to expect. If is a look at HOW we can start preparing for GOES-R now. New Training: GOES-R 101 B. Connell 1, T. Schmit 2,3, J. Gurka 5, S. Goodman 5, D. Hillger 2,4, and S. Hill 6 Why? To replace the GOES N/O/P series To maintain continuity of the GOES mission To provide significant increases in spatial, spectral, temporal, and radiometric resolution of products 1 Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Systems Development (OSD) 2 NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Applications Research 3 Advanced Satellite Products Branch, Madison, WI, USA 4 Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch, Fort Collins, CO, USA 5 NOAA/NESDIS/OSD GOES-R Program Office 6 NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center Auxiliary/Communication Services Improved user services for direct readout users GOES-R services include: HRIT/EMWIN--High Rate Information Transmission /Emergency Managers Weather Information Network DCS--Data Collection System GRB – GOES Rebroadcast - Follow on of L-Band GVAR SARSAT--Search and Rescue Solar and Space Environment SUVI (Solar UV Imager) EXIS (Extreme UV/X-Ray Irradiance Sensor) SEISS (Space Environmental In-Situ Suite) MAG (Magnetometer User communities: Airline industry Satellite industry Manned space flight operations. How are imagery and products being evaluated now? Algorithm Working Group Satellite or surface based measurements Proxies Proving Ground Acknowledgments This work is supported by NOAA Grant NA090AR GOES-R webpage GOES-R101 in SHyMet Geostationary Lightning Mapper  Detects total strikes: in cloud, cloud to cloud, and cloud to ground Compliments today’s land based systems that only measure cloud to ground lightning (about 15% of the total) Compliments today’s research based polar orbiting systems.  Increased coverage over oceans and dead zones over land Beneficial for aviation convective weather hazards Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Increased resolution temporal spatial spectral radiometric Better navigation LINKS Space Weather Prediction Center NOAA Space Weather Scales SPoRT Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center COMET module on benefits of GOES-R VISIT module MODIS Products in AWIPS EUMETSAT Image Gallery MODIS Rapid Response System COMET module on benefits of HES Target Audience Everyone at each NWS operational office (National Center, Weather Forecast Office, River Forecast Center, and Central Weather Service Unit) and anyone else inside or outside NOAA who is interested. Earth-Space Activities disrupted by solar and geomagnetic events Satellite operations Navigation Space Shuttle and Space Station activities High-altitude polar flights Electric power distribution Long-line telephone communication HF radio communications Pipeline operations Geophysical exploration Cougar Ace incident off of Alaska (24 rescued) was detected by GOES-11 at 830z (and NOAA-17 at 831z while it was within view of Hawaii). Figure courtesy of Thomas.M.Wrublewski. An estimate of the annual climatological lightning density in the GLM viewing areas. Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin