GEONETCast Americas (GNC-A): Status and Use Case Activities

The purpose of this presentation is to highlight GEONETCast Americas (GNC-A), an operational and effective, low-cost distribution system for environmental satellite data and products using commercial TV satellites and off-the-shelf receiving equipment and standard personal computers. GNC-A is the Western Hemisphere component of GEONETCast, global system. Maintained by NOAA, GEONETCast Americas broadcasts on the C-band from the commercial communications satellite in geostationary orbit and has a broadcast footprint covering most of the North America, Caribbean Region and Central South America. GNC-A went operational in April 2008, and currently serves users in 19 countries.

The current product suit contains a number of NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) products, including 7 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) channels, 9 RGB Composites, 18 Baseline Products and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) for GOES-16; 7 ABI channels of GOES-17, and a large selection of S-NPP/JPSS/Low Earth Orbit imagery and products; and other products from national and international content providers.

This presentation will also show the progress report and the latest use case examples.