{"id":61009,"date":"2024-10-03T20:10:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T20:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=61009"},"modified":"2024-10-03T20:19:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T20:19:11","slug":"noaas-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/61009","title":{"rendered":"NOAA&#8217;s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NOAA was formed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/stories\/blast-from-past-life-at-noaa-in-1970\">October 3, 1970<\/a>. To commemorate this date, a few GOES related figures. GOES has been around since 1975, although there were earlier non-operational versions operated by NASA, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesdis.noaa.gov\/news\/the-50th-anniversary-of-ats-1\">ATS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/logos_4x5_GOES-01_19_blank_cimss_wi_labels_90_black_lines_50pct-1536x1229.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/logos_4x5_GOES-01_19_blank_cimss_wi_labels_90_black_lines_50pct-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/logos_4x5_GOES-01_19_blank_cimss_wi_labels_90_black_lines_50pct-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/logos_4x5_GOES-01_19_blank_cimss_wi_labels_90_black_lines_50pct-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/logos_4x5_GOES-01_19_blank_cimss_wi_labels_90_black_lines_50pct-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/logos_4x5_GOES-01_19_blank_cimss_wi_labels_90_black_lines_50pct-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/logos_4x5_GOES-01_19_blank_cimss_wi_labels_90_black_lines_50pct-2048x1639.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The continuity of GOES. Note that at the time of this posting, GOES-19 is Preliminary, Non-operational<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Geostationary_MetSatellite_History_9-24_Figure40_updated-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Geostationary_MetSatellite_History_9-24_Figure40_updated-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Geostationary_MetSatellite_History_9-24_Figure40_updated-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Geostationary_MetSatellite_History_9-24_Figure40_updated-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Geostationary_MetSatellite_History_9-24_Figure40_updated-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Geostationary_MetSatellite_History_9-24_Figure40_updated-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timeline of U.S. geostationary weather satellites. Credit: NOAA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GOES_Observations_graphic_9-24-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GOES_Observations_graphic_9-24-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GOES_Observations_graphic_9-24-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GOES_Observations_graphic_9-24-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GOES_Observations_graphic_9-24-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GOES_Observations_graphic_9-24-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timeline of the GOES over the decades. Credit: NOAA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">H\/T<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These GOES-19 ABI are early images (preliminary and non-operational), beta stage. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/\">McIDAS-X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/software\/geo2grid\/\">geo2grid<\/a> software was used in generating these images, using data via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/\">UW\/SSEC Data Services<\/a>. More about <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/goesdata.html\">GOES-16 and GOES-18<\/a>. T. Schmit works for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesdis.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA\/NESDIS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov\/star\/index.php\">STAR<\/a>, from Madison, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA was formed on October 3, 1970. To commemorate this date, a few GOES related figures. GOES has been around since 1975, although there were earlier non-operational versions operated by NASA, such as ATS. H\/T These GOES-19 ABI are early images (preliminary and non-operational), beta stage. Both McIDAS-X and geo2grid software was used in generating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":61011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,65,14,18,19,11,40,43,74,80,114,159,133,69,134,135,103,54,61,136,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interpretation","category-goes-1","category-goes-10","category-goes-11","category-goes-12","category-goes-13","category-goes-14","category-goes-15","category-goes-16","category-goes-17","category-goes-18","category-goes-19","category-goes-2","category-goes-3","category-goes-4","category-goes-5","category-goes-6","category-goes-7","category-goes-8","category-goes-9","category-goes-r"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61009","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=61009"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61021,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61009\/revisions\/61021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}