GOES-S (GOES-17) High Definition GOES West

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00:03 It's kind of hard to explain how
00:05 important weather is to our job I mean
00:08 it really affects everything we do. 
00:11 In 2018 NOAA launches the GOES-S satellite
00:15 which takes its place in orbit as
00:17 GOES-17. Working together with GOES-16 the two
00:21 new geostationary weather satellites
00:23 will provide constant watch over the
00:25 United States and the Western Hemisphere
00:27 from the west coast of Africa all the
00:30 way to New Zealand helping monitor
00:32 severe storms, wildfires and daily
00:35 weather patterns. Since its launch, NOAA's
00:38 GOES-16 satellite has already demonstrated
00:41 its critical capability for keeping our
00:43 nation weather ready. Throughout the
00:47 active 2017 hurricane season GOES-16
00:50 delivered imagery with detail and
00:52 clarity never achieved before with four
00:55 times greater resolution than previous
00:57 NOAA satellites and delivered this
00:59 imagery faster than ever before
01:01 helping forecasters predict the path of
01:04 a storm and where and when it will
01:05 intensify. These accurate and timely
01:08 forecasts allowed for emergency managers
01:11 to prepare for evacuations, map flood
01:13 areas and save lives. So the weather
01:15 matters.The weather matters before
01:17 the weather happens and the weather
01:19 matters after the event happens because
01:23 what we're able to do to prepare,
01:25 allocate resources, provide information
01:29 to the public, through the media
01:31 beforehand. And what we're able to do
01:33 afterwards how and when the waters are
01:36 going to recede so we know we can get
01:37 vehicles with life-saving food and
01:39 shelter equipment down a particular
01:42 highway.All of that depends on the forecast.
01:44 In the GOES West position GOES-17
01:48 will be able to provide critical data
01:49 for the westernmost United States, Alaska
01:52 and Hawaii. We're talking about getting
01:55 data updates in just seconds so we can
01:58 quickly spot wildfires and closely
02:00 monitor the wind direction and their 
02:02 intensity.The crispness of the data coming in
02:05 at a faster rate will also help with fog
02:07 forecasts. We can see the moment the
02:09 stratus starts to develop or when it
02:12 starts to move out. Like GOES-16, GOES-17
02:15 carries a suite of advanced instruments
02:17 including tools for sophisticated earth
02:19 sensing, lightning detecting, solar
02:22 imaging and space weather monitoring.As
02:24 an equal partner in the sky GOES-17 will
02:28 expand coverage of the Advanced Baseline
02:30 Imager technology across the Pacific
02:32 Ocean
02:33 allowing meteorologists and local
02:35 officials to see severe weather systems
02:37 developing in real-time. So instead of
02:40 seeing something say this large that as
02:44 you zoom in actually gets kind of blurry.
02:45 You're actually going to see something
02:47 that is much more detailed. In its GOES
02:49 West position GOES-17 will be able to
02:52 monitor conditions in the western US
02:54 like wildfires, coastal fog and
02:57 atmospheric rivers. When storms from the
03:00 Pacific dump heavy rain and snow over
03:02 the western US GOES-17 will have a major
03:05 impact on fighting wildfires in
03:07 California. Up-to-the-minute information
03:09 and crisp detail allows forecasters to
03:13 spot fires faster than ever before even
03:15 before the first 911 calls come in and
03:18 to better track and predict the path of
03:20 large dynamic and dangerous fires. It's
03:23 amazing to see what we can get and the
03:26 level of detail and the speed that we
03:30 can get the information down to the
03:32 ground that makes our decision-making
03:34 way more accurate. With a view of the
03:38 Pacific Ocean GOES-17 will also provide a
03:41 critical eye over shipping lanes vital
03:43 to the US economy
03:45 protecting cargo and passenger vessels
03:47 from dangerous ocean storms.GOES-17 will
03:50 also provide a high-definition view over
03:53 Alaska resulting in better weather
03:55 forecasts and improved monitoring of sea
03:57 ice, wildfires and volcanic ash.The
04:01 Advanced Baseline Imager on GOES-17 can
04:04 distinguish between cloud, sea ice and
04:06 snow cover a critical need during
04:08 Alaska's dark cloudy winter months. GOES-17's
04:12 Geostationary Lightning
04:14 Mapper monitors lightning flashes
04:16 including the in cloud lightning most
04:18 prevalent in severe storms helping
04:20 forecasters determine when a storm is
04:22 forming, intensifying and becoming more
04:25 dangerous.
04:25 Thanks to GOES-17 emergency
04:28 managers will be equipped with more
04:30 accurate weather predictions and faster
04:32 warnings providing a real impact saving
04:35 lives and protecting infrastructure.
04:37 Watching over Earth from 22,300 miles
04:41 above GOES-S will provide vital data to
04:44 our weather ready nation
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