GOES-R Proving Ground
The GOES-R Proving Ground provides for the testing and validation of ideas, technologies and products before they are integrated into operational use. Implementation of a National Weather Service (NWS) proving ground for GOES-R ensures that all changes undergo rigorous integrated testing before operational implementation. The proving ground concept will allow satellite product developers at CIMSS, CIRA, and SPoRT to be involved at an early stage in product development with forecasters, providing the opportunity for interaction between developers and users. The Proving Ground will include two levels of interaction: local and distributed. For the local level, CIMSS, CIRA, and SPoRT will build on close relationships already established with local/regional NWS Forecast Offices. In the GOES-R Proving Ground, developers and forecasters will test, apply and evaluate algorithms for new GOES-R satellite data and products using proxy and simulated data sets, including MODIS, AIRS, IASI, SEVIRI, NAST-I, NPP/VIIRS/CrIS, and computer simulated products.
A GOES-R Proving Ground Kick-Off Meeting was held at Boulder, Colorado on 15-16 May 2008. The meeting agenda and presentations can be downloaded here.