GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) calibration/validation from a field campaign perspective

To ensure the post-launch performance of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) next generation geostationary optical Earth observing sensors a post-launch validation field campaign was developed. The GOES-R field campaign was focused to support post-launch validation of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). This effort will discuss an overview of the GOES-R field campaign, field campaign reference measurements to validate ABI SI traceability and GLM flash detection efficiency, geophysical measurements for ABI product validation, as well as preliminary results. The GOES-R field campaign enabled the collection of reference data that provided advanced post-launch validation capabilities and fostered new perspectives in the post-launch validation and monitoring of NOAA's next generation of operational environmental satellites.