Reviews and syntheses: Ongoing and emerging opportunities to improve environmental science using observations from the Advanced Baseline Imager on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

Khan, Anam M.; Stoy, Paul C.; Douglas, James T.; Anderson, Martha; Diak, George; Otkin, Jason A.; Hain, Christopher; Rehbein, Elizabeth M.; McCorkel, Joel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4117-2021

Articles | Volume 18, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4117-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4117-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 13

Reviews and syntheses

|

12 Jul 2021

Reviews and syntheses |

| 12 Jul 2021

Reviews and syntheses: Ongoing and emerging opportunities to improve environmental science using observations from the Advanced Baseline Imager on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

Anam M. Khan, Paul C. Stoy, James T. Douglas, Martha Anderson, George Diak, Jason A. Otkin, Christopher Hain, Elizabeth M. Rehbein, and Joel McCorkel

Data sets

GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for Cloud and Moisture Imagery Product (CMIP) T. Schmit, M. Gunshor, G. Fu, T. Rink, K. Bah, W. Zhang, and W. Wolf https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-goes/

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document ABI Cloud Mask, NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research A. Heidinger and W. C. Straka https://github.com/anmikhan/envirogoes.git

MCD43A4 MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Nadir BRDF Adjusted Ref Daily L3 Global - 500m V006 C. Schaaf and Z. Wang https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43A4.006

Short summary

Remote sensing has played an important role in the study of land surface processes. Geostationary satellites, such as the GOES-R series, can observe the Earth every 5–15 min, providing us with more observations than widely used polar-orbiting satellites. Here, we outline current efforts utilizing geostationary observations in environmental science and look towards the future of GOES observations in the carbon cycle, ecosystem disturbance, and other areas of application in environmental science.