7A.3 GOES-R Series ABI Mesoscale Domain Sector Request Process for Research and International Users

Wednesday, 9 January 2019: 3:45 PM
North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seybold, M. J. Bettwy, E. M. Guillot, B. Gockel, and C. M. Gravelle

The GOES-R satellite series represents a leap forward in capabilities for the entire portfolio of GOES science products. The GOES-R Product Readiness and Operations (PRO) team is tasked to work with our partners at the National Weather Service (NWS) and within NESDIS to ensure that the satellite products are ready for operations and the user community is ready to receive and disseminate the various products to serve their needs and requirements.

One new capability is the Flex Mode scanning strategy of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) which produces mesoscale scans every 30 or 60 seconds. The PRO team worked with many partners in the NWS, NESDIS, and the GOES-R Ground Segment Project to develop a comprehensive process for determining how these Mesoscale Domain Sectors (MDS) will be placed in an efficient priority-based manner for operations and also support research and international user requests. This presentation will focus on how the international community can make real-time, operational and research MDS requests.

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