Near-Realtime User Applications of CSPP Geo Software and the GeoSphere Website

Many US and international weather satellites broadcast a data stream that can be acquired by users and processed for use in applications where low latency is a critical requirement. The Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary Data (CSPP Geo) is funded by NOAA to create and distribute software allowing users to process and visualize data received from geostationary satellites. The software is widely used at sites receiving satellite data throughout the world, including sites operated by the National Weather Service. In addition, an interactive website called CSPP GeoSphere has been developed, displaying imagery and animations of GOES-East and GOES-West data in near real-time. The website is fed by a processing chain consisting of CSPP Geo software running on GOES-East and GOES-West data received at the University of Wisconsin. Over the past several years, CSPP Geo software has become a critical tool in a variety of decision support and environmental monitoring applications, and imagery produced by CSPP Geo software and the GeoSphere website is increasingly featured in social media posts. A brief overview of CSPP Geo software will be provided, and examples of near real-time user applications will be presented.