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GOES-R The Future of Forecasting

January 26, 2016
Improves every product from current GOES Imager and will offer new products for severe weather forecasting, fire and smoke monitoring, volcanic ash advisories, and more.
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GOES-R The Future of Forecasting

3 Times More Channels

Improves every product from current GOES Imager and will offer new products for severe weather forecasting, fire and smoke monitoring, volcanic ash advisories, and more.

4 Times Better Resolution

The GOES-R series of satellites will offer images with greater clarity and 4 times better resolution than easier GOES satellites.

5 Times Faster Scans

Faster scans every 30 seconds of severe weather events and can scan the entire full disk of the Earth five times faster than before.