GOES-R - Preparing for an Extreme Space Weather Event
Abstract
NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have provided continuous measurements of the Sun and the near-Earth space environment for over 40 years which has established an initial baseline against which extreme space weather events can be assessed. This year NOAA will launch the first of the GOES-R series of spacecraft which will continue these observations through the early 2030's. The GOES-R space weather sensors will have new and improved capabilities over previous GOES. The planned launch of GOES-R is no sooner than 4 Nov 2016 followed by sensor checkout/calibration and environmental product validation. In this talk I will provide both a description of the GOES-R space weather sensors and an overview of the anticipated performance against the possibility of extreme space weather.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AGUFMPA41A2132D
- Keywords:
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- 4305 Space weather;
- NATURAL HAZARDSDE: 4313 Extreme events;
- NATURAL HAZARDSDE: 7934 Impacts on technological systems;
- SPACE WEATHERDE: 7974 Solar effects;
- SPACE WEATHER