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The GOES Imager is :
• A multi-channel instrument
• Designed to sense
radiant and solar-reflected energy from
the Earth.
The instrument can produce:
• Full-Earth disc images
• Sector images that contain the edges of the
Earth
•Various
sizes of area scans completely enclosed
• Scan selection permits rapid continuous
viewing of local areas for monitoring of mesoscale (regional)
phenomena and accurate wind determination (called RAPID SCAN OPERATIONS,
or “RSO”)
- 1 image
every minute!
