WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.010 --> 00:00:04.010 [slate] 2 00:00:04.030 --> 00:00:08.040 [slate] 3 00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:12.070 So the cool thing about NOAA 4 00:00:12.090 --> 00:00:16.120 satellites is that we have a lot of capability. Not only can we warn you about the 5 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:20.180 bad weather, but we can also tell you about the good weather as well. So everyone wants to see 6 00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:24.250 the spring coming through. Well through our satellites you actually have the ability to see spring 7 00:00:24.270 --> 00:00:28.340 actually coming through by the vegetation, by actual blooming. You can actually see 8 00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:32.370 it getting greener through the season. 9 00:00:32.390 --> 00:00:36.500 [slate] 10 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:40.640 So NOAA satellites, we have actually two sets. We have a polar orbiting satellite. So if I use 11 00:00:40.660 --> 00:00:44.800 my hands as the globe, we have a polar orbiting set that actually pulls data 12 00:00:44.820 --> 00:00:48.980 from the planet, but actually pushes that information into the numerical model 13 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.170 that forecasters use to actually forecast the conditions and weather. And then we also have the geostationary 14 00:00:53.190 --> 00:00:57.360 So as we sit in geostationary sync, we can actually look at 15 00:00:57.380 --> 00:01:01.400 one spot on the globe for a continuous timeframe. And its from that benefit that we can actually 16 00:01:01.420 --> 00:01:05.450 watch weather move from east to west or from west to east. And as a result of that 17 00:01:05.470 --> 00:01:09.510 we can watch entire systems develop and actually go through their entire evolution. 18 00:01:09.530 --> 00:01:13.550 [slate] 19 00:01:13.570 --> 00:01:17.590 So in the past 60 years we've made tremendous advancements 20 00:01:17.610 --> 00:01:21.650 in the science and meteorology as well as with satellites. Satellites 21 00:01:21.670 --> 00:01:25.720 now have the ability, at least the current GOES series, has the ability to see 22 00:01:25.740 --> 00:01:29.800 more information, three times more information than the previous series. We also have a 23 00:01:29.820 --> 00:01:33.910 ability to have four times the resolution. And what that provides forecasters 24 00:01:33.930 --> 00:01:38.020 now is a greater understanding of real-time development which gives them 25 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:42.150 a greater ability to provide forecasts for what's going to happen. 26 00:01:42.170 --> 00:01:46.310 And for the climate monitoring perspective we now have multiple channels 27 00:01:46.330 --> 00:01:50.500 more channels in which we can see or interrogate the atmosphere and have a better understanding 28 00:01:50.520 --> 00:01:54.680 of what the atmosphere is doing over a longer 29 00:01:54.700 --> 00:01:58.710 and prolonged period of time. [slate] 30 00:01:58.730 --> 00:02:02.890 [slate] So NOAA is able to pull all that data 31 00:02:02.910 --> 00:02:06.930 from the satellites, both from the polar orbiters as well as the geostationary, into 32 00:02:06.950 --> 00:02:10.980 the numerical models in which forecasters use to give you your daily forecasts. The same forecast 33 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:15.060 that you use on the phone or that you see on your nightly news. All that information 34 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:19.150 goes into those numerical models to provide you with high temperatures, 35 00:02:19.170 --> 00:02:23.240 winds, and when you can expect the winds be stronger 36 00:02:23.260 --> 00:02:27.350 or more importantly when you can see the temperatures dropping off. So 37 00:02:27.370 --> 00:02:31.380 all that information goes into those daily forecasts. 38 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:35.440 [slate] 39 00:02:35.460 --> 00:02:39.490 So the good news is with both satellites, with the polar orbiting as well as 40 00:02:39.510 --> 00:02:43.560 the geostationary satellites, you can see all types of weather. And 41 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:47.640 in weather speak all scales of weather. You can see the very large scale and the very 42 00:02:47.660 --> 00:02:51.740 small scale. Specially with the geostationary with the ability to see 43 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:55.850 directly into one area, we can target one specific area for forecasters 44 00:02:55.870 --> 00:02:59.980 and they can look at actual storms that will develop and move through 45 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.120 a particular area. In the case of the mid-west if you see a thunderstorm that's going to develop 46 00:03:04.140 --> 00:03:08.310 they have the ability to task that satellite, or request that satellite, to look at 47 00:03:08.330 --> 00:03:12.490 particular area for severe weather every 30 seconds. So they 48 00:03:12.510 --> 00:03:16.670 have near real-time capabilities to watch a storm mature 49 00:03:16.690 --> 00:03:20.720 and it's through that they have the ability to actually forecast and warn you on where 50 00:03:20.740 --> 00:03:24.760 to get out and if you have to actually take shelter. [slate] 51 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:28.800 [slate] 52 00:03:28.820 --> 00:03:32.990 Well satellites have come a long way, but right now where they have become is actually 53 00:03:33.010 --> 00:03:37.020 an essential tool for emergency managers to manage the message 54 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:41.070 on when people need to both get out and get away or even to stay 55 00:03:41.090 --> 00:03:45.140 put because of severe weather that could be moving into the area. That information goes directly 56 00:03:45.160 --> 00:03:49.220 into operation centers, more importantly it goes directly into the forecasters that provide 57 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.310 that forecast to those emergency managers to provide you with that message 58 00:03:53.330 --> 00:03:57.350 whether there's going to be shelter in place or that you need to evacuate. 59 00:03:57.370 --> 00:04:01.370 [slate] 60 00:04:01.390 --> 00:04:05.540 [slate] So the question is how different would the world be without satellites 61 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:09.710 Well again we'd actually be blind. Without the ability to forecast 62 00:04:09.730 --> 00:04:13.890 conditions as they are going to develop and more importantly how they would impact us over the next 63 00:04:13.910 --> 00:04:18.070 day, two days, or even the next couple of weeks. Now we have the capability to 64 00:04:18.090 --> 00:04:22.110 look at our atmosphere and look at the conditions and actually forecast for those conditions 65 00:04:22.130 --> 00:04:26.140 over at least a 3-7 day period with good confidence. [slate] 66 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:30.180 [slate] 67 00:04:30.200 --> 00:04:34.240 So how do the NOAA satellites work together in providing us with a forecast? 68 00:04:34.260 --> 00:04:38.320 Well the polar satellites as they rotate over the Earth they actually 69 00:04:38.340 --> 00:04:42.400 are providing atmospheric data that goes directly into the models. And it's with those models 70 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:46.490 that forecasters provides you with that forecast whether it's the 12 day 71 00:04:46.510 --> 00:04:50.610 3 day or next 24 hour forecast. Geostationary 72 00:04:50.630 --> 00:04:54.750 satellites however, it has the ability to watch one specific spot of the globe 73 00:04:54.770 --> 00:04:58.900 and watch systems develop and move through. So it provides near real-time 74 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:03.080 capability for forecasters to see how conditions will develop and more importantly how 75 00:05:03.100 --> 00:05:07.090 storms will move through the area. [slate] 76 00:05:07.110 --> 00:05:11.250 [slate] 77 00:05:11.270 --> 00:05:15.430 So the cool thing about our new satellite for the GOES satellite is that we have a lightening mapper onboard 78 00:05:15.450 --> 00:05:19.600 And that lightening mapper looks at one specific spot, specifically when thunderstorms 79 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:23.780 are developing and it gives us an idea of the intensification of that lightening. And lightening 80 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.810 and its activity is a key indicator for forecaster to know how strong 81 00:05:27.830 --> 00:05:31.850 the storm is, more importantly where is it is within its life 82 00:05:31.870 --> 00:05:33.613 and how soon it will actually die off.