Short Course on Satellite Meteorology
AMS 78th Annual Meeting
11 January 1998   Phoenix, Arizona
Spatial Coverage/Frequency:  GOES Soundings
 
 

                 Scan Cycle:  One Hour

                 Two scans each - GOES-8 and GOES-9

                             GOES-8:  35 Minutes - Eastern CONUS (Continental U.S.)
                                            20 Minutes - Selectable Atlantic Sector

                             GOES-9:  20 Minutes - Western CONUS
                                            35 Minutes - Pacific Ocean Sector

                 No Southern Hemisphere Coverage at This Time

Composite GOES-8/9 Hourly Sounder Coverage
 
                      
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