Check out GOES-O, the newest weather satellite to be launched into orbit.

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-O represents a continuation of the newest generation of environmental satellites built by Boeing for NOAA.  GOES satellites provide the familiar weather pictures we’re used to seeing of clouds and weather systems circling the globe.  The GOES imaging and sounding instruments (built by ITT) feature flexible scans for small-scale area viewing in regions of the visible and infrared spectrum allowing meteorologists to improve short-term forecasts. GOES provides nearly continuos surveillance allowing forecasters to better measure changes in temperature and moisture distributions.  This will greatly improve our ability to provide accurate forecasts.  The GOES information also monitors sea surface temperatures and detection and measurement of ice/snow/glaciers.  The GOES-O&P Imagers have improved resolution which allows an improved cloud-top product.  It even improves the detection of volcanic ash.

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