NASA/TM-2004-213286, Haines, S.L. and Suggs, R.J. and Jedlovec, G.J., The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) |
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Product Generation System (GPGS)
is introduced and described. GPGS is a set of computer programs developed and maintained at the
Global Hydrology and Climate Center and is designed to generate meteorological data products
using visible and infrared measurements from the GOES-East Imager and Sounder instruments.
The products that are produced by GPGS are skin temperature, total precipitable water, cloud top
pressure, cloud albedo, surface albedo, and surface insolation. A robust cloud mask is also generated.
The retrieval methodology for each product is described to include algorithm descriptions and
required inputs and outputs for the programs. Validation is supplied where applicable.
| Keywords: | skin temperature, total precipitable water, cloud top pressure, cloud albedo, surface albedo, surface insolation, satellite retrievals |
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| Subjects: | Geoscience: Meteorological and Climatology: Meteorological Sattellites |
| ID Code: | 682 |
| Deposited On: | 29 November 2004 |