# Advanced Baseline Imager
*sensor . products*

GOES-R Series multi-channel passive imaging radiometer for Earth weather, ocean, atmosphere, cloud, smoke, and surface observations.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: l3harris
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **product status**: operational
- **sensor**: {"instrument_family":"passive-optical","measurement_principle":"passive","spectral_band_count":16,"gsd_m":{"native":500,"resampled":2000},"spec_disclosure":"disclosed"}
- **entity type**: sensor
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-15
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: l3harris
- **attributes**: {"kind":"sensor","manufacturer":"l3harris","description":"GOES-R Series multi-channel passive imaging radiometer for Earth weather, ocean, atmosphere, cloud, smoke, and surface observations.","deployment_context":"orbital","product_status":"operational","sensor":"{\"instrument_family\":\"passive-optical\",\"measurement_principle\":\"passive\",\"spectral_band_count\":16,\"gsd_m\":{\"native\":500,\"resampled\":2000},\"spec_disclosure\":\"disclosed\"}"}

## Editorial
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is a 16-band passive optical radiometer built by L3Harris Technologies (Fort Wayne, IN) for NOAA's GOES-R satellite series. It covers visible, near-infrared, and infrared wavelengths, providing continuous imagery from geostationary orbit over the Western Hemisphere.[^goes-r-abi-page][^goes-r-abi-tech]

ABI offers spatial resolution ranging from 500 m at nadir to 2 km depending on spectral band, with 16 spectral bands spanning approximately 0.47 to 13.3 micrometres.[^goes-r-abi-tech] The instrument produces routine full-disk scans, with faster mesoscale sector coverage available during severe weather events.[^goes-r-abi-page]

Flown on GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, and GOES-19, ABI supports a wide range of operational products including atmospheric motion vectors, sea surface temperature, fire detection, precipitation estimation, and land surface temperature.[^goes-r-products]

## Compositional position
- goes-17 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> Advanced Baseline Imager
- goes-16 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> Advanced Baseline Imager
- goes-19 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> Advanced Baseline Imager
- goes-18 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> Advanced Baseline Imager

## Sources
- [goes-r-abi-page] | GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) - NOAA | https://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/abi.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-15
- [goes-r-abi-tech] | ABI Technical Summary - GOES-R, NOAA | https://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/ABI-tech-summary.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-15
- [goes-r-products] | GOES-R Series data products overview | https://www.goes-r.gov/products/overview.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-15
- [eoportal-goes-r] | GOES-R mission description - eoPortal | https://eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/g/goes-r | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-15

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