geostationary satellite – ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy

VAWS: Forecasting at High Latitudes Requires Both GEO and LEO Satellites

February 23, 2023

Speaker Scott Lindstrom will talk will focus on why combining data from polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites is vital for Alaska forecasting.

VAWS: NOAA Enterprise Cloud Products and Introduction to the Next GOES Series (GeoXO)

July 19, 2021

With high spatial resolutions, GOES data are becoming more and more relevant to Alaska. This seminar will provide the current plans for GeoXO and how to become involved in the process.

VAWS: Radar Love – New Data, New Services, and the Rising Allure of SAR

April 30, 2020

This presentation will introduce you to some of these recent developments, specifically focusing on current and upcoming sensors as well as on new data products and services offered by the Alaska Satellite Facility, NASA’s prime data center for SAR data.

VAWS: Volcanic Cloud Monitoring in the North Pacific: The Dawning of the GOES-R Era

September 18, 2019

Volcanic clouds, which are a major aviation hazard, are complex and the background environment in which they reside is often complicated as well. Much of the complexity is due to the multi-composition nature of volcanic clouds, which frequently consist of some combination of volcanic ash, volcanic gases, and hydrometeors. Thus, volcanic cloud remote sensing is very challenging.

VAWS: New capabilities, opportunities, and challenges using GOES-17 in Alaska

September 18, 2019

This presentation will discuss the value of GOES-17, particularly the unique aspects and challenges for high latitudes.

VAWS: Geostationary Satellite Improvements for Better Viewing of Alaska and Surrounding Areas

September 18, 2019

There have been many recent changes to better observe Alaska from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) perspective. The most significant change was in February 2019, when GOES-17 became NOAA’s operational West geostationary satellite.