Weather Forecasts become more Reliable by U.S. Satellite GOES R

On Saturday 19 November the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)most reliable and accurate weather satellite, GOES R is scheduled to be launched to space. GOES-R is designed in a way that it can improve forecasts for severe weather events, from hurricanes to tornadoes and solar storms.

Amazingly, GOES R can accurately scan the entire hemisphere in 5 minutes.

Promptly, GOES R can update the weather forecast every 30 seconds.

Worlds most advanced digital camera

According to meteorologists, this satellite GOES R will revolutionize how the weather is forecasted. It is augmented with;

GOES R will enable scientists to encounter constantly changing weather conditions,       by allowing the spacecraft to take pictures every 30 seconds  the Global Lightning Mapper–tracking all sorts of lightning hazards  the world’s most advanced digital weather camera named Advanced Baseline Imager gives an image with a resolution of pixels four times bigger than any of the satellites previously used by NOAA.

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