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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
noun
- one of a series of U.S. geostationary meteorological satellites that collect data for worldwide weather forecasting. : GOES
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The satellite image, captured Saturday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, showed Tropical Storm Kay hovering off the coast of Southern California and Mexico’s Baja Peninsula — an image more typically associated with parts of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and other warmer waters.
That's the same band used by NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite to provide real-time weather information – notably for severe weather and flooding.
The Senate bill matches the president’s request for $405 million to continue to build three new polar weather satellites, and $336 million to continue to build the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
Among other projects, he was a program manager for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite and the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite, which are used in weather forecasting.
NASA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series weather satellite, scheduled to launch in November, will carry the world’s first geostationary lightning mapper.
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