1. The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series

The ABI on the GOES-Rseries has 16 spectral bands, with two bands in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, four in the near-infrared (NIR), and ten in the infrared (IR). These ABI spectral bands used individually or together can inform the analyst of unique characteristics of the Earth and atmosphere that may be difficult to discern from other types of observations. The diverse applications for each of the spectral bands are explained in this paper. GOES-R, the first satellite in a series of four spacecraft that the United States will launch over the coming decade, became GOES-16 when it achieved geostationary orbit following launch on 19