AMS 2026 Annual Meeting

The Geostationary Extended Observation (GeoXO) program represents NOAA's next generation geostationary satellite initiative, engineered to deliver enhanced spatial and spectral resolution, rapid refresh rates, and flexible coverage across the Continental United States (CONUS).

Satellite-based observations of land surface characteristics have been critical to support NOAA’s mission needs. The suite of products, based on optical and microwave measurements, provide boundary conditions for weather forecasting systems, support vegetation condition, drought and agricultural monitoring activities, and near-real-time land cover disturbance mapping and management efforts.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Geostationary eXtended Observations (GeoXO) series satellites are planned to follow the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series satellites in 2032 and beyond.

This presentation focuses on the assessment and emerging capabilities of next-generation microwave sounding technologies, highlighting their transformative potential for enhancing Earth system observations. Recent advances in sensor design, particularly in regards to low size, weight, and power (SWaP) architectures, have enabled the development of compact, cost-effective instruments deployable on small satellites and CubeSats.

The use and capabilities of uncrewed systems (UxS) for collecting data have grown exponentially across the spectrum of atmospheric, terrestrial, and oceanic applications. Ranging from high resolution imagery above and below the surface to oceanographic and atmospheric data, UxS have been widely adopted across federal, academia, and industry.

Many weather satellite programs recognize that current ground operations will require future expansion and scalability to receive, ingest, process, and distribute ever-growing streams of data.

NOAA’s Office of Geostationary Earth Orbit Observations (GEO) Program Science team is supporting the move of GOES-R product generation from the GEO Ground System’s on-premises environment to a cloud environment hosted in the NOAA/NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF).

Please join us for a fun, informal evening of making connections with some of the leading professionals in our field. Whether you are currently on the job hunt, seeking advice about professional growth, or simply hoping to learn about possible career paths, this event is an excellent opportunity to expand both your knowledge base and your network of contacts.

NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) provides secure and
timely access to global environmental data and information from satellites and other sources to
promote and protect the nation's security, environment, economy, and quality of life.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Office of Space Weather Observations (SWO) is implementing the Space Weather Next (SW Next) program.

The 2026 AMS Space Weather Conference invites submissions for a session exploring the current state and future directions of space weather observations. This session will highlight advancements in observational technologies, data collection methodologies, and modeling techniques critical to understanding and predicting space weather phenomena.

NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series is now fully operational and is nine years into its operational life with GOES-19 serving as GOES East since April 2025, GOES-18 serving as GOES West, and GOES-16 and 17 in on-orbit storage.

Passive microwave (MW) sounders on low earth orbiting satellites provide global day-and-night observations with critical information on atmospheric temperature and moisture vertical profiles from surface to stratosphere, and have been proven to be critical for numerical weather prediction (NWP) since the launch of AMSU (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit) in 1998, followed by ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder) in the last decade.

NOAA is advancing a focused and modernized approach to delivering high-value observations in support of the nation's operational weather forecasts.

Data and products from environmental satellites provide critical information to weather forecasters and inform warnings for the protection of life and property.

NOAA’s geostationary satellites celebrated their 50th birthday in 2025, with the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Operational Satellite (GOES) launching in 1975.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Office of Space Weather Observations will ensure observations support the forecasting of space weather events such as geomagnetic storms, ionospheric disturbances, solar wind, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) as well as providing backbone measurements necessary for research.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES). The GOES Imager data record, which began in 1974 with SMS/GOES VISSR data, is projected to continue through 2050 on the GeoXO GXI.

Radio frequency (RF) spectrum is a finite and indispensable resource essential to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) mission of protecting life and property and enhancing the national economy.

Among its other responsibilities, the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) plays a vital role in providing secure and timely access to global environmental data and information derived from satellites and other sources.

This talk will detail the collaborative efforts between National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service’s (NESDIS) Office of Common Services (OCS) and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to migrate NHC's tropical cyclone analysis and forecasting from the legacy Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecast (ATCF) system to the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS).

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape—marked by shifting leadership priorities and accelerating scientific innovation—ensuring continuity of essential mission services requires a renewed focus on integrating users into every stage of the research-to-operations (R2O) process.

Space weather, driven by solar and heliospheric phenomena, profoundly impacts technological systems, including satellite operations, communication networks, and power grids.

NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Systems (NESDIS) provides secure and timely access to global environmental data and information to promote and protect the nation’s security, environment, economy, and quality of life.

From June 10-14, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fire Weather Testbed (FWT) conducted its first in-person evaluation of a collaborative approach to hot spot notifications and fire warnings.

October 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program. GOES-A was launched on October 16, 1975 and sent the first image as GOES-1 on October 25, 1975.

A multi-label classification model based on the principles of deep learning has been developed in NOAA/NEDSIS/OCS to detect and identify image level anomalies in GOES ABI radiance and possibly extending to NPP/J1/J2 VIIRS observations.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has provided integral space-based environmental data for over five decades and will continue to do so in the future as our next generation satellite architecture is implemented to support user needs.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) formulated a product portfolio management approach for satellite derived operational products that promotes dynamic responsiveness to the evolving NOAA mission needs.

NOAA‘s next-generation low earth orbit (LEO) observing system—the Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) Program—will include a backbone microwave sounder known as the Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA) covering the 2030s-2050 timeframe.

Floods are one of the most common disasters in the United States , totaling billions of dollars in damages each year. Strides have been made to predict floods, however, little has been done to analyze these events in a spatial and climatological context.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellites Hackathon (NOAASatHack) was a virtual, interdisciplinary competition for undergraduate and graduate college students to learn about and apply geostationary Earth orbit, low Earth orbit, and space weather satellite observations and data products.