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== GOES ==

<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Abbreviation for [[Geostationary operational environmental satellite|Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite]].</div><br/> </div>

<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">NOAA operates two GOES that monitor atmospheric, terrestrial, marine, and space weather. These [[satellite|satellites]] are placed into geostationary [[orbit]] above the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The first GOES (GOES-A) was launched in 1975.</div><br/> </div>

<p>Schmit, T. J., P. Griffith, M. M. Gunshor, J. M. Daniels, S. J. Goodman, and W. J. Lebair, 2017: A closer look at the ABI on the GOES-R series. ''Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.'', '''98''', 681&ndash;698, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00230.1.</p><br/>

<p>''Term edited 10 August 2021.''</p>

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