Resources to educate students, teachers, and the general public about meteorology, space science, earth-observing satellites, weather phenomena and benefits GOES-R will provide to society.
Information and resources to ensure that the user community is prepared for the new types of satellite imagery and data that will be available from the GOES-R satellite series.
Example of the Derived Winds product as derived from the Derived Winds algorithm using full disk 15-minute Meteosat-8 10.8µm SEVIRI data for 12 UTC on 01 February 2007. These winds are derived from tracking cloud features using the 10.8µm channel. High level (100-400 hPa) winds are shown in violet; mid-level (400-700 hPa) are shown in cyan; and low levels (below 700 hPa) are shown in yellow.
Derived Motion Winds
The Derived Motion Winds product is derived from using a sequence of visible or IR spectral bands to track the motion of cloud features and water vapor gradients. The resulting estimates of atmospheric motion are assigned heights by using the Cloud Height product. The Derived Motion Wind product provides vital tropospheric wind information over expansive regions of the earth devoid of in-situ wind observations that include oceans and Southern Hemisphere land masses. This product provides key wind observations to operational NWP data assimilation systems where their use has been demonstrated to improved numerical weather prediction forecasts including tropical cyclones. In addition, this product provides improved guidance for NWS field forecasters. + Product ATBD + Coastal and Marine Monitoring Video
