{"id":54685,"date":"2023-09-27T20:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=54685"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:39:37","slug":"new-scan-schedule-for-ews-g1-formerly-goes-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/54685","title":{"rendered":"New Scan Schedule for EWS-G1 (formerly GOES-13)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The one visible and four infrared bands of the EWS-G1 from September 27, 2023 at approximately 04:45 UTC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

New routine schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EWS-G1<\/a> (Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary<\/a>) is a U.S. Space Force<\/a> mission. The imager is now running a different routine scan schedule, as can be seen on the UW\/SSEC<\/a> geo-browser<\/a>. This schedule includes scans of the Indian Ocean<\/a>, the extended Indian Ocean<\/a> and Full Disks<\/a>. Previously only Full Disk images had been obtained every 30 minutes. An EWS-G1 “quick-guide<\/a> (pdf).” EWS-G1 imagery has been available via the UW\/SSEC since late 2020<\/a>. The EWS-G1 was formerly NOAA<\/a>\u2019s GOES-13<\/a>. EWS-G1 has employed the “XGOHI” remapping<\/a> of data before GVAR generation, to handle larger inclination angles. This capability was first employed on GOES-10<\/a> (and then GOES-12) when their images provided special coverage of the Southern Hemisphere for a combined almost 7 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An animation of the different scan sectors of the EWS-G1 during part of September 27, 2023. The 6.5 micrometer (“water vapor”) band is shown. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A loop of the coverage of three scans (mp4<\/a> and animated gif<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOES-15 has become EWS-G2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was recently announced<\/a> by the Secretary of the Air Force that GOES-15 has become EWS-G2: “The U.S. Space Force accepted the transfer of a second geostationary weather satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to extend persistent weather coverage of the Indian Ocean region until the 2030 timeframe. … As it currently does with EWS-G1, NOAA will operate EWS-G2 on behalf of the Space Force from the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Maryland, and Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station in Wallops Island, Virginia.”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EWS-G2 has the same spectral coverage as the EWS-G1. The EWS-G2 was formerly NOAA\u2019s GOES-15<\/a>. GOES-15 was launched in March 2010 and the first GOES-15 images<\/a> were sent on April 6, 2010. A GOES-15 technical report<\/a> which was written soon after launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First GOES-15 visible image from April 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The posted near realtime imagery<\/a> are free for public use (please credit UW-Madison\/SSEC) and users can contact UW\/SSEC Satellite Data Services<\/a> for information on data access \/ subscription. Most of the above images were made using the McIDAS-X<\/a> software. NOAA\/NESDIS\/STAR<\/a> supplies some calibration support of this imager<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New routine schedule EWS-G1 (Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary) is a U.S. Space Force mission. The imager is now running a different routine scan schedule, as can be seen on the UW\/SSEC geo-browser. This schedule includes scans of the Indian Ocean, the extended Indian Ocean and Full Disks. Previously only Full Disk images had been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":54694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,150,11,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ews-g1","category-ews-g2","category-goes-13","category-goes-15"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54685"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54717,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54685\/revisions\/54717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}