GOES-R Proving Ground Product List

Information

Experimental and operational data are used to demonstrate subsets of what will be available from GOES-R. The real time demonstrations include GOES-R AWG products, product variants, new products and new imagery/visualization techniques. The table below summarizes the products, with a clickable link to more information.

CIRA Product List:

Product Name

Product Input

Demonstration Type

Demonstration Resolution

GOES-R Resolution

Product Status

Product Source

GeoColor Imagery

GOES/MODIS/DMSP

New Imagery/Visualization Technique

GOES 4 km/30 min

2 km/5 min

Available since April 2009

CIRA

Low Cloud / Fog Imagery

GOES

Product Variant

GOES 4 km/15 min

2 km/5 min

Available since Sep. 2009

CIRA

Orographic Rain Index (ORI)

GOES/Radar/GFS

New Product

25 km/6 hours

2 km/1 hour

Available since Dec. 2009

CIRA

Blowing Dust Detection (Split-window technique)

GOES

Product Variant

GOES 4 km/30 min

2 km/5 min

Available since Sep. 2009

CIRA

Blowing Dust (Blue-light absorption technique)

MODIS

Product Variant

1 km/6 hours

2 km/5 min

Available Mar. 2010

CIRA

Cloud / Snow Discriminator

MODIS

Product Variant

1 km/6 hours

2 km/5 min

Available Jan. 2010

CIRA

Cloud Layers & Snow Cover Discriminator

MODIS

Product Variant

1 km/6 hours

2 km/5 min

Available Jan. 2010

CIRA

Snow / Cloud Discriminator (3-color technique)

GOES

Product Variant

GOES 4 km/30 min

2 km /5 min

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA

Volcanic Ash (PCI)

GOES

Product Variant

GOES 4 km /30 min

2 km /5 min

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA

Volcanic Ash (Blue-light absorption technique)

MODIS

Product Variant

1 km/6 hours

2 km/5 min

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA

Land Surface Temperature

GOES

AWG Option 1 Product

GOES 4 km/30 min

2 km/5 min

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA

SPC Hail Probability

GOES / RUC

New Product

Probability forecast every 1 hour

Hourly

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA

NHC Lightning-based TC Intensity Prediction

Ground-based lightning network/GFS/GOES

New Product

Probability forecast every 6 hours

6 hourly

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA

NHC Simulated ABI Air Mass Product

MSG

New Product

MSG 3 km/30 min

2 km/5 min

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA

NHC Simulated ABI Dust Product

MSG

New Product

MSG 3 km/30 min

2 km/5 min

Available Jul. 2010

CIRA