Hurricane Andrew was one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in U.S. history, and NOAA weather satellites provided critical data about the storm. Now, improved satellite technology has revolutionized the way we monitor and track tropical systems. More:
Thirty years later, NOAA’s latest generation of geostationary satellites has revolutionized the way scientists and forecasters monitor and track tropical systems.
According to one scientific study, the NOAA forecasts of Hurricane Sandy’s track could have been hundreds of miles off without information from polar-orbiting satellites. Rather than identifying the New Jersey landfall location within 30 miles five-days before landfall, the models would have shown Sandy remaining at sea.Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite -R Series
Equipped with an Advanced Baseline Imager , the GOES-R satellites can monitor environmental conditions in high-resolution detail to help identify tropical storms as they’re developing. Once a hurricane forms, ABI can monitor the storm in near real-time, identifying cloud features and patterns, and providing crucial estimates of central pressure and maximum sustained winds.
ABI has additional channels not available from previous GOES. New infrared channels help forecasters better determine how cold cloud tops are and how rapidly they are cooling, which aids predictions for rainfall intensity and potential flash flooding associated with hurricane rain bands.
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