1. 1 GMS Geo Microwave Sounder GMS Michael Madden GOES R Program Office NOAA/NESDIS/OSD/RPSI

2. 2Outline Introduction Microwave Band AMSU Examples GOES R Applications Promising Technology

3. 3 Geo Microwave Passive Sounder identified as GOES R P 3 I Compliments HES Provides high resolution spatial coverage Scheduled post 2015 launch NOAA/NASA following promising technologies Hosted on A, B, or C satellite

4. 4Introduction Passive Microwave Sounder –Based on AMSU experience –Single and dual band algorithms –ATMS already flying on NPOESS –Increases utility of IR sounders –Previously Identified as a need at GUC II NOAA Requirements –Hemispheric Coverage –Hourly Updates –Temperature/Moisture/Precipitation

5. 5 Microwave Band

6. 6 AMSU Channels

7. 7 Hurricane Erin

8. 8 AMSU 5 (53.6 GHz)

9. 9 Hurricane Erin AMSU 6 (54.5 GHz)

10. 10 Hurricane Erin AMSU 7 (54.9 GHz)

11. 11 Hurricane Erin AMSU 8 (55.5 GHz)

12. 12 Hurricane Erin AMSU 16 (89 GHz)

13. 13 GEM Concepts GEMGeoSTAR ApproachSolid dishSparse aperture Mass70 kg*100 kg* Power150 Watts250 Watts Electronics50 x 60 x 40 cm* Antenna Size200 cm dish300 cm strip Data Rate<0.5 Mbps *exact values are TBD

14. 14 GEostationary Microwave (GEM) Solid dish antenna design NOAA/ETL and MIT design 5 bands (54, 118, 183, 380 and 424 GHz) 43 Channels 2m solid dish antenna 16 – 140 km resolution CONUS in 90 minutes 1500 x 1500 km in 15 minutes

15. 15 GEM Resolution FrequencyResolution 54 GHz116 km 118 GHz56 km 183 GHz36 km 380 GHz18 km 424 GHz16 km

16. 16GeoSTAR Thinned aperture radiometer NASA JPL design 3 bands (54, 89 and 183 GHz) 10 Channels 25 – 50 km resolution Sparse aperture, no moving parts Full disk in 60 minutes Similar technology on SMOS

17. 17 GeoSTAR Resolution FrequencyResolution 54 GHz50 km 89 GHz25 km 183 GHz50 km

18. 18Summary Passive microwave sounder identified as P 3 I Technology continuing, currently PDR Provide moisture, temperature, precipitation Cloud clearing for HES Based on AMSU/ATMS bands NOAA/NASA following promising technologies –GEM –GeoSTAR First Launch planned for 2015 Stay Tuned!

19. 19Acknowledgements AMSU Imagery courtesy of UW/CIMSS GEM information courtesy of Al Gasiewski, NOAA/ETL GeoSTAR information courtesy of Bjorn Lambrigtsen, NASA/JPL Microwave information courtesy of Shyam Bajpai, NOAA/NESDIS