The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI): from Imagery to
Quantitative Products (218)
Tim Schmit, NOAA
NESDIS, Madison, WI
Mat Gnshor, UW-Madison
CIMSS
Jaime Daniels, NOAA
NESDIS STAR
Dan Lindsey, NOAA
NESDIS STAR
Jordan Gerth, UW-Madison
CIMSS
Abstract:
The Advanced Baseline Imager
(ABI) on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is
America's next generation geostationary advanced imager, of which GOES-16 is
the first in the series. GOES-16 imagery became operational in December 2017 in
the East location. The ABI is a state-of-the-art 16-band radiometer, with
spectral bands covering the visible, near-infrared and infrared portions of the
electro-magnetic spectrum. Many phenomena can be monitored with the ABI. This
includes, but is not limited to: convection, hurricanes, fires, fog, smoke,
snow, surface temperatures, volcanic activity, moisture, atmospheric motion and
atmospheric waves that may be associated with turbulence. The derivation of
level 2 products allows quantitative information important for decision support
services and numerical weather prediction. Preliminary, non-operational GOES-17
ABI imagery may also be showcased.