Hi GEONETCasters,

The AmeriGEOSS Week 2018 will take place from 6 to 10 August at the National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil.

More information at this link. Please find below the content of te GOES-16 and GNC-A courses:

GOES-16 Data and Product Usage

Description: This is a hands-on course which will present the use of the data and products from the GOES-16 series of satellites, focusing specifically on the data and products coming from the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). The workshop will be in Spanish.

By the end of the course, the participants will have:

• Working knowledge of all 16 channels coming from the GOES East ABI and the data and products that are available from them.
• Working knowledge of the data and products from the other instruments on the satellite.
• Competency in working with GOES East ABI data and products for forecasting, prediction, monitoring or research through hands-on exercises and case studies.
• Knowledge of the various methods to access GOES East data and products.

Level: Intermediate (participants will need to have 2 to 3 years of experience in the use of satellite data)
Length: 12 hours

Contact: 

Eric Madsen ([email protected]) and Martin Medina ([email protected])

GEONETCast Americas (GNC-A)

Description: The course will cover an introduction to the products and data coming over the GEONETCast Americas (GNC-A) satellite broadcast system, the installation and maintenance of a GNC-A ground station, the management of the data and products come out of the GNC-A system, other methods for accessing NOAA satellite data. A hands-on portion of the workshop will focus specifically on the use of GNC-A products including the data and products coming from the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and other satellite data. The workshop will be in Spanish.

Level: Intermediate (desirable interest in obtaining a GNC-A ground station or currently using a GNC-A ground station)
Length: 8 hours

By the end of the course, the participants will have:
• Knowledge of equipment requirements and price estimate for a GNC-A station
• Knowledge of how to install a GNC-A station.
• Knowledge of how to maintain and trouble shoot problems with a GNC-A station.
• Overview of the data and products coming over GNC-A.
• Knowledge of methods to manage the data and products in GNC-A (using SIGMACast and Python)
• Knowledge of other methods for accessing NOAA satellite data:
o GRB
o EMWIN / HRIT
o PDA
o Internet

Contact: Diego Souza ([email protected])