GOES-R Satellite Data Integration into NWS Operations through TOWR-S Technical Outreach

The GOES-R Program’s Total Operational Weather Readiness - Satellites (TOWR-S) team, rooted within the NWS, works directly with NWS field offices. They support accelerated integration of GOES-R data, and provide technical outreach for satellite data products relied upon for mission use in daily operations. TOWR-S has teamed with NWS Regional Headquarters and Operations Proving Ground staff to develop and field infrastructure to locally generate the 5-minute GOES Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) gridded products and GOES ABI multispectral imagery (i.e. CIRA GeoColor) for AWIPS. This presentation will summarize this activity, and highlight a number of ongoing collaborations to enhance the effectiveness of satellite data for the NWS on behalf of the GOES-R Program and the National Weather Service Office of Observations.