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PURE AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
Volume 176, Issue 5, Pages 2017-2043Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-018-1821-1
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Aviationweather; geostationary satellites; GOES-R; Himiwari; Meteosat; Fengyun; ABI; AHI; SEVIRI; thunderstorms; convective initiation; fog; low stratus; volcanic ash; volcanicSO(2); aircraft icing; microbursts; geostationarylightning mapper
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Weather is by far the most important factor in air traffic delays in the United States' National Airspace System (NAS) according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Geostationary satellites have been an effective tool for the monitoring of meteorological conditions that affect aviation operations since the launch of the first Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS) in the United States in 1974. This paper will review the global use of geostationary satellites in support of aviation weather since their inception, with an emphasis on the latest generation of satellites, such as Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R (16) with its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). Specific applications discussed in this paper include monitoring of convective storms and their associated hazards, fog and low stratus, turbulence, volcanic hazards, and aircraft icing.
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