The goes-R proving ground: Accelerating user readiness for the next-generation geostationary environmental satellite system

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1029-1040

  Goodman, Steven J ^a   Gurka, James ^a   De Maria, Mark ^b   Schmit, Timothy J ^c   Mostek, Anthony ^b   Jedlovec, Gary ^d   Siewert, Chris ^e   Feltz, Wayne ^f   Gerth, Jordan ^f   Brummer, Renate ^g   Miller, Steven ^g   Reed, Bonnie ^h   Reynolds, Richard R ⁱ  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^h GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Short and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE WEATHER; GEOSTATIONARY ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE R; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; OKLAHOMA; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; WEATHER INFORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 84864191792     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00175.1     Document Type: Article

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