GOES Data Collection System

1. GOES Data Collection System Kay Metcalf NOAA GOES DCS Program Manager 10 March, 2011

2. What is GOES DCS? • Near real time relay for the collection of environmental data from > 30,000 remote sites located throughout the Western Hemisphere • Started as an experimental system in the 1970’s • Evolved into a critical operational system used by many Federal, State ,Local and international agencies • Many Emergency warning systems in the U.S. and other countries rely on GOES DCS NOAA GOES DCS

3. How Does it Work? • Frequency Share/Time Share System • 400 khz of Bandwidth Assigned to GOES DCS • Divided into Approximately 200 channels of 1.5 khz • Each Transmitter Assigned a Channel/Time Slot • Standard Assignment is Hourly, for 10 seconds • Some report more frequently (NOS Tide Stations, Tsunami Warning Networks) • Some older stations still report every 3 or 4 hours • Random Reporting Mode Available • Event Driven • Emergency Use more frequent observations • Flooding event, fire breakout, earthquake, volcano eruption NOAA GOES DCS

4. GOES DCS System Diagram NOAA GOES DCS

5. GOES DCS COVERAGE AREA NOAA GOES DCS

6. GOES DCS Users • Bureau of Reclamation • National Park Service • Department of State • (International Boundary & Water Commission) • Multiple State Agencies • Canadian Environmental Agencies • South and Central American Environmental Agencies • International Tsunami Warning Networks • > 400 Agencies • > 700 Programs • National Weather Service • largest single data user • National Ocean Service • Declared DCS critical infrastructure • National Climatic Data Center • National Data Buoy Center • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • US Army Corps of Engineers • US Air Force • US Navy • Department of Interior • National Interagency Fire Center • National Forest Service • Bureau of Land Management • US Geological Survey • largest single platform operator NOAA GOES DCS

7. Applications • Flood Warning • Levy Management • Water Resource Management • Fire Warning and Monitoring • Tsunami Warning • Earthquake Monitoring • Volcano Monitoring • Weather Observations • Climate Monitoring • Water Level Monitoring NOAA GOES DCS

8. Hazard Monitoring Uses • U.S. Flood Data • USGS Stream Gauge Program • Approximately 10,000 stations • US Army Corps of Engineers Flood Monitoring • Approximately 3,000 stations • International Meteorological Services • Approximately 4,000 stations • Canada/Mexico (North America) • Central and South America • Atlantic/Caribbean • Pacific • Distributed Through the NWS HADS • http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hads/ NOAA GOES DCS

9. Hazard Monitoring Uses • U.S. Fire Weather • Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) • Operated by USFS, BLM, state and local fire agencies • Estimated 4000 stations • National Standard for Fire Weather Data • Available through AWIPS • Available on the Internet • http://fire.boi.noaa.gov • http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/rawsobs.html • http://www.fs.fed.us/raws NOAA GOES DCS

10. Who Can use the System? • Government User (federal, state, local, international) • Non-Profit User • Non-government User with Government Sponsor • Collectors of Environmental Data • Usage outlined by regulation NOAA GOES DCS

11. GOES DCS Contact Information • Kay Metcalf • GOES DCS Program Manager • kay.metcalf@noaa.gov • 301-817-4558 • Letecia Reeves • GOES DCS Customer Service Representative • letecia.reeves@noaa.gov • 301-817-4563 • Email • goes.dcs@noaa.gov • URL • http://noaasis.noaa.gov/DCS NOAA GOES DCS