{"id":14497,"date":"2022-05-12T14:05:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T14:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=14497"},"modified":"2022-05-12T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:15:13","slug":"first-images-of-earth-from-newest-weather-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/14497","title":{"rendered":"First images of Earth from newest weather satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesdis.noaa.gov\/news\/earth-orbit-noaa-debuts-first-imagery-goes-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a> released the first images \u2013 known as first light images \u2013 from its newest weather satellite, GOES-18, launched into geostationary orbit in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early next year from its vantage point of 22,300 miles above Earth, the satellite will become GOES-West, the operational weather satellite tasked with providing views and atmospheric measurements of the western US and the Pacific Ocean. Its counterpart, GOES-East, covers the eastern US and the Atlantic Ocean. Combining the data and imagery from both satellites, meteorologists will have an <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/46085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unprecedented \u2018eye\u2019 on weather systems<\/a> as they develop and travel from west to east across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"  title=\"Earth from Orbit: NOAA Debuts First Imagery from GOES-18\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ECjEHbcydDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies<\/a>, in partnership with NOAA, have lent their expertise to the planning, development and testing of sensors onboard the new satellite, as well as to the generations of satellites that have preceded it. They are participating in the post-launch check-out of GOES-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are aptly named the birthplace of satellite meteorology because we\u2019ve been involved since the late 1950s when the field emerged,\u201d says CIMSS Director and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Professor Tristan L\u2019Ecuyer. \u201cIn fact, the proof-of-concept missions \u2013 that demonstrated we could monitor Earth\u2019s climate and weather from space \u2013 were developed here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Earth-facing instruments on GOES-18 are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesdis.noaa.gov\/current-satellite-missions\/currently-flying\/geostationary-satellites\/goes-r-series-spacecraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advanced Baseline Imager and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper<\/a>. The ABI was designed to deliver images and data as frequently as every 30 seconds, a crucial capability when forecasters are monitoring the development of tornadoes, hurricanes or winter storms that might endanger safety or require evacuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Geostationary Lightning Mapper tracks the frequency and location of lightning. More lightning activity can be a precursor to storm intensification. Armed with this information, forecasters can issue alerts before high winds, tornadoes or damaging hail develop. The GLM has also proven to be useful in monitoring lightning that can spark wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to share these images with the public while continuing our work of providing valuable data and information to forecasters so that they can fulfill their mission to help protect lives and property,\u201d says L\u2019Ecuyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2022, NOAA released the &#8220;first light&#8221; images from the weather satellite GOES-18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[14,29,19,18],"class_list":["post-14497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","tag-cimss","tag-goes-r","tag-satellite-observation","tag-weather-forecasts"],"acf":{"guest_author":[{"first_name":"","last_name":"","link":""}],"ssec_home_page_carousel_image":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/05\/GOES_18_First_Light.jpg","include_for_media_link":"no","sub_title":"First images of Earth from newest weather satellite","short_title":"GOES-18"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14497"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14511,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14497\/revisions\/14511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}