Recent Developments in CSPP Geo Software for Direct Broadcast

The Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary Data (CSPP Geo) project is funded by the NOAA GOES-R Program to create and distribute software allowing direct broadcast users to process data received from geostationary weather satellites. Supported satellites include GOES-16 and GOES-17 from the new generation GOES-R Series, as well as GOES-13, GOES-15 and the Japanese Himawari-8 satellite.

Data from the GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites can be received by users who have a line of sight to the satellite, via the GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) data stream. Data from all instruments is transmitted, including the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) at full spectral, spatial and temporal resolution, the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), and multiple space weather sensors. CSPP Geo software allows user to reconstruct the products locally, as they were created on the ground system, and to further process ABI data to generate Level 2 geophysical products.

An overview of the project and current status will be presented, as well as software capabilities including product and quicklook image generation. Topics will include algorithm updates and other recent developments, Version 1.0 software releases, support for GOES-17, and future plans. Observed results of processing GRB data at the University of Wisconsin – Madison receiving station will be discussed.