2017•Unpublished venueRequires access
GOES-R ABI on-orbit performance
Paul C. Griffith, John Van Naarden, Luke Roop, D. Gall
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Abstract
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is successfully operating on orbit, aboard the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16). When GOES-16 becomes an operational satellite for NOAA later in 2017, it will begin a new era for the United States in the quality and quantity of geostationary weather observations. Not only does ABI provide more than three times the bands, four times the resolution (pixels), and five times the image collection speed, it provides unique operational flexibility. In addition to the operational benefits, this permits ABI's on-orbit performance to be measured more easily and completely than past geostationary weather imagers. This paper will provide the measured on-orbit performance of the ABI based on the results of the post-launch test campaign. Where relevant, comparisons to pre-launch performance expectations will also be provided.