Developing Calibration Support for the Space Weather Instruments for GOES-R

As the world grows increasingly reliant upon orbital installations for communication, navigation, and information, it also becomes increasingly important to reliably predict and detect space and solar events that will affect the space environment around the Earth. Serious solar events such as coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares can cause loss of communications and power, aberrations in instrument behavior, and even cause direct damage to satellites themselves. The current GOES series of weather satellites each carries suites of space weather instruments which are calibrated by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). For the GOES-R series going forward, however, the Calibration Working Group led by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR will assume the responsibilities in the technical oversight of pre-launch and post-launch calibration, as well as long-term monitoring. This poster presents the recent progress in developing the capabilities for prelaunch/post-launch calibration and long-term trending for the space weather instruments.