GOES-R Impacts on Satellite Data Assimilation

COMET

2025

15 Min

Introduction:


This five minute lesson presents a brief overview of how GOES-R observations are expected to support and potentially enhance NWP for various analysis and forecast applications.This lesson is a part of the NWS Satellite Foundational GOES-R Course.

Objectives:


  • Describe what GOES-R offers that is different from previous satellites that will affect NWP performance
  • Describe the potential impacts of GOES-R observations on NWP analyses and forecasts

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