1. GOES Sounder
Meteorology 415
Fall 2007

2. Fundamental Relationships
Stefan-Boltzmann Law
Wein’s Law

3. 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

4. GOES Sounder Channel

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. GOES Sounder Prototype

10. GOES Sounder Products Land-Sea Temperature

11. GOES Sounder Products Cloud Top Pressure

12. GOES Sounder Products Composite Precip Water

13. GOES Sounder Products Lifted Index – Surface Stability

14. GOES Sounder Products Sea Surface Temperature

15. GOES Sounder Products Improved Model Precip Forecast

16. GOES Sounder vs Real Atmosphere
Comparison of RAOBS with two GOES

17. GOES Sounder References