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Post-lesson questions for "GOES Sounder Data and Products"
2. What is the spatial resolution of the GOES Sounder Field Of View (FOV)? 3. Due to the broad atmospheric depths sensed by the GOES Sounder water vapor channels, the Sounder is not able to provide statistically better (than model forecast) estimates of total precipitable water (compared with radiosonde verification). (TRUE/FALSE) 4. Can GOES Sounder temperature and moisture retrievals be generated in cloudy regions? 5. Sounder data are used to modify the model first guess temperature and moisture profiles before derived products are generated. Which profile (temperature or moisture) is typically changed more substantially? 6. The GOES Sounder derived product imagery composites on AWIPS are comprised of how many sectors? 7. GOES Sounder coverage over CONUS and nearby adjacent oceanic regions is routinely available how frequently? 8. What Field Of View (FOV) averaging is applied for AWIPS GOES Sounder derived products? 9. The default AWIPS color enhancements are ideal for the correct interpretation of the derived products. (TRUE/FALSE) 10. Name a potential forecasting application for the GOES Sounder Skin Temperature product. 11. GOES retrieval information is being used operationally in the Eta model over both land and water. (TRUE/FALSE) 12. What are some of the limitations of the current GOES sounder? 13. Following demonstration of the geostationary "VAS" sounders during the 1980's, the GOES I/M Sounders (launched in 1994) were improved in what ways? 14. What are some of the uses of sounder radiance (image) loops?
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