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OAS insttype Detail for ABI
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| Term: | ABI |
| Description: | Advanced Baseline Imager |
| Definition: | GCMD Instrument Keyword: ABI > Advanced Baseline Imager => 12a671f6-d18d-405a-9ff5-432ef2b94135 More information: The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the primary instrument on GOES-16 for imaging Earth’s weather, climate and environment. It was designed and built by Exelis Geospatial Systems (formerly ITT Space Systems, now Harris Space & Intelligence Systems), along with sub-contractors BAE Systems, Babcock Incorporated, BEI Technologies, DRS Technologies, L-3 Communications SSG-Tinsley, and Northrop Grumman Space Technology.[14] ABI is able to view the Earth across 16 spectral bands, including two visible channels, four near-infrared channels and ten infrared channels. It provides three times more spectral information, up to four times the spatial resolution (depending on the band), and more than five times faster coverage than the instruments on previous GOES satellites. Forecasters use the higher resolution images to track the development of storms in their early stages.[15] Instruments nearly identical to ABI are used by Japan on Himawari 8 and Himawari 9. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES-16, retrieved 2018-03-30) The Advanced Baseline Imager is the primary instrument on the GOES-R Series for imaging Earth’s weather, oceans and environment. ABI views the Earth with 16 different spectral bands (compared to five on the previous generation of GOES), including two visible channels, four near-infrared channels, and ten infrared channels. It provides three times more spectral information, four times the spatial resolution, and more than five times faster temporal coverage than the previous system. ABI is a mission critical payload for the GOES-R Series, providing more than 65 percent of all mission data products currently defined. ABI is a multi-channel passive imaging radiometer designed to observe the Western Hemisphere and provide variable area imagery and radiometric information of Earth’s surface, atmosphere and cloud cover. The instrument has two scan modes. The default mode concurrently takes a full disk (Western Hemisphere) image every 15 minutes, an image of the Continental U.S. every five minutes, and two smaller, more detailed images of areas where storm activity is present, every 60 seconds. The ABI can also operate in continuous full disk mode, providing uninterrupted scans of the full disk every 5 minutes. All ABI bands have on-orbit calibration. (https://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/abi.html, retrieved 2018-03-30) This instrument entry will be used to support automated ingest of GHRSST data, including GHRSST Level 4 G1SST Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 1) from the JPL OurOcean group. |
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| Keydate: | 2018-04-03 12:42:42+00 |
| Editdate: | 2018-04-03 12:42:42+00 |