GEO Science Products: Future Capabilites and the Transition to Cloud Platforms

NOAA is continuously improving GOES-R science products and has simultaneously started development of GeoXO science product capabilities, which includes utilization of non-NOAA data streams from NASA research missions and international missions with sensors of common GeoXO capabilities. All the while as the science algorithms are developing, the underpinning host platform for science product generation is moving from on-premises to the cloud. This multi-variate situation of evolving science products, for two programs, using proxy data, on a developing host-space is dynamic and provides great opportunity for future science capabilities. This talk will explain how the GOES-R and GeoXO programs are navigating this complex but promising opportunity.

The prioritization and development of future new algorithms planned for deployment to operations will be described, as well as the status of research projects in various stages of development and proving for operations. In support of GeoXO science product development, data acquisition projects are underway to obtain proxy data from non-NOAA Geostationary missions such as PACE, TEMPO, GEMS, GLIMR, and GOCI-II. In order to best prepare for the cloud environment, GOES-R has developed proof-of-concept product generation capabilities in the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF) and is aiming to transition L2+ product processing capabilities to the operational NCCF in 2026. This would be closely followed by the migration of L1b product processing to the NCCF in subsequent years. These GOES-R migrations will pave the way for GeoXO capabilities, so they may reside in the cloud from the earliest design phases through mission operations in the 2030s.

NOAA is excited to share progress in not only the science of geostationary products, but also the platforms on which the science products are generated. Early steps to demonstrate capabilities will ensure success of not only the near-term GOES-R portfolio, but also the development and execution of the GeoXO portfolio.