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NOAA GOES A-C Series Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) and GOES D-H Series VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) Data

GOES Satellite Data - VISSR/VAS (GOES-7 and earlier) - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) series of satellites goal is to monitor the atmosphere for severe weather development such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms and hurricanes. The positioning of the GOES satellites at around 36,000 km (22,000 statute miles) above the equator at a fixed position above the earth allowed them to scan large geographic regions of the Western Hemisphere and as frequently as once every half hour. Coverage is typically provided by two GOES spacecraft, one at -75.0 Longitude (GOES East) and the other at -135.0 Longitude (GOES West). The Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) was flown aboard NOAA Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS-1 and SMS-2) and GOES-1 through GOES-3 and modified to become the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) flown aboard GOES-4 through GOES-7.

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Keywords Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Brightness Temperature , Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Imagery , Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Radiance , Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Thermal Infrared , Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery , Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Radiance , Earth Science > Climate Indicators , Atmospheric - Upper-air - Cloud Properties , Atmospheric - Upper-air - Upper-air Water Vapour , Geographic Region > Equatorial , Geographic Region > Mid-Latitude , Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere , Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere , Geographic Region > Western Hemisphere , Geographic Region > Tropics , Continent > North America > United States Of America , Continent > North America > Central America , Continent > South America , Ocean > Atlantic Ocean , Ocean > Pacific Ocean , Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Gulf Of Mexico , Vertical Location > Troposphere , GOES > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites , VISSR > Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer , VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder , SMS-1 > Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 1 , SMS-2 > Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 2 , GOES-1 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 1 , GOES-2 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 2 , GOES-3 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 3 , GOES-4 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4 , GOES-5 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5 , GOES-6 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 6 , GOES-7 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7 , 1 km - HTML Markup Was Removed , 500 meters - HTML Markup Was Removed , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , gov.noaa.class:PRE_GVAR , PRE_GVAR , GOES_A , GOES_AA , GOES_AAA , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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