Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
ABI |
Advanced Baseline Imager |
Satellites |
GOES-R (to become GOES-16) and follow-on |
Status |
Being developed – To be utilised from 2016 onward |
Mission |
Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features |
Instrument type |
16-channel VIS/IR radiometer |
Coverage/cycle |
Full disk every 15 min, 3000x5000 km2 (“CONUS”, Continental U.S.) in 5 min, 1000x1000 km2 in 30 s |
Resolution (s.s.p.) |
Changing with Channel (see table) |
Resources |
Mass: … kg - Power: … W - Data rate: … Mbps |
Central wavelength |
Bandwidth |
Radiometric accuracy (NEΔT or SNR) |
Resolution (s.s.p.) |
470 nm |
40 nm |
300 @ 100 % albedo |
1.0 km |
640 nm |
100 nm |
300 @ 100 % albedo |
0.5 km |
860 nm |
40 nm |
300 @ 100 % albedo |
1.0 km |
1380 nm |
30 nm |
300 @ 100 % albedo |
2.0 km |
1610 nm |
60 nm |
300 @ 100 % albedo |
1.0 km |
2260 nm |
50 nm |
300 @ 100 % albedo |
2.0 km |
3.90 µm |
0.20 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
6.15 µm |
0.90 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
7.00 µm |
0.40 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
7.40 µm |
0.20 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
8.50 µm |
0.40 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
9.70 µm |
0.20 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
10.3 µm |
0.50 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
11.2 µm |
0.80 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
12.3 µm |
1.00 µm |
0.1 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |
13.3 µm |
0.60 µm |
0.3 K @ 300 K |
2.0 km |