In a message from NOAA's Satellite Products and Services Division, the Direct Readout Program Manager has asked users of the GOES Rebroadcast system (GRB) for feedback on their use of the system, saying “NOAA has begun the preliminary stages of defining the requirements for the GEOXO mission. Your input is needed in creating a broadcast that meets and/or exceeds user expectations. Please take time to complete the GRB User Survey.”
Those operating GRB receiving stations are encouraged to answer the GRB User Survey 2024 (a Google form). From the survey introduction:
The purpose of this survey is to get a more accurate picture of the GOES Re-Broadcast Users’ capabilities, footprint, and what sources are being utilized to retrieve their environmental data. A key benefit of collecting this information will be NESDIS/ OSPO’s increased ability to assist in protecting our User’s uninterrupted access to critical weather information.
What is GOES Rebroadcast?
Raw environmental sensing information collected by GOES-R Series satellites is transmitted to Earth as a digital data stream. The ground system software at Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS) processes this Level 0 data and creates Level 1b products. For example, the measurements from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument are converted to units of radiance and calibrated, navigated, and remapped to a fixed grid. The antenna at WCDAS transmits the products to the GOES-R Series satellite for relay through the satellite’s GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) transponder and L-Band antenna to GRB receiving stations, including GRB receive stations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) and a variety of non-NOAA stations. For more information, see GOES Rebroadcast (GRB).
What is GEOXO?
GeoXO is the next generation of NOAA Geostationary Observation Satellites for Weather, Climate, Atmospheric, and Oceanographic observations, following the GOES-R series with a first launch in 2032. By 2034/2035 NOAA will replace the GRB service with an equivalent service for GeoXO using a new dissemination architecture.
Does this Concern Me?
If you operate a GRB receiving station or otherwise rely on GRB data, or are just a general GOES data user, you may want to provide your feedback to NOAA so that they can develop a clear picture of the needs of the GRB and GOES data user community.
