Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite imagers
Abstract
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager instruments provide temporally and horizontally high-resolution imager observations at visible, near-infrared, and infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum. GOES imager observations are most reliable over deep oceans where the observation resolution is the highest, and the distortion of the instantaneous geometry field of view (IGFOV) is the smallest. Therefore GOES data are unique for providing detailed cloud structure and water vapor information about fast-evolving weather systems like tropical cyclones (TCs). This chapter focuses on TCs and observations made by a few select imagers in GOES orbits. ...
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