VOA常速英语:Launch of Innovative Satellite Opens New Window for Meteorologists

“Five, four, three, two, one...... and liftoff of the Atlas V and NOAA’s Goes-S, a highly sophisticated weather watching eye in the sky, to join its twin in providing better forecasts and saving lives.”
五、四、三、二、一。Atlas五号和美国国家海洋和大气管理局的Goes-S号共同升空了，Goes-S是一个非常精密的卫星，它将加入到双胞胎Goes-16的行列中去，为人们提供更准确的预测结果并拯救更多的生命。

The Thursday launch of the Goes-S satellite opened a new window for meteorologists. The five and a half metre long craft will join another NOAA weather satellite Goes-East to provide high-resolution images of the entire western hemisphere, from the west coast of Africa across the Americas all the way to New Zealand in the Pacific. Goes-S will improve monitoring of solar activity and space weather. But its primary instruments will be focused on the earth. It will capture real-time mapping of lightning activity, which is often associated with severe storms. Its detailed observations of clouds, smoke, fog and snow will give meteorologists a clear picture of changing weather patterns,improving marine and aviation forecasts and wildfire detection.
周四发射升空的Goes-S卫星为气象学观测打开了新的大门。这艘5.5米长的飞船将与NOAA的另一个气象卫星Goes-East合作共同提供整个西半球的高分辨率图像，范围从非洲西海岸到整个美洲，再到太平洋的新西兰。Goes-S将改善对太阳活动和空间天气的监测。 但其主要工具将集中在地球上。 它将捕捉闪电活动的实时映射，闪电活动通常与严重的风暴有关。它对云、烟、雾和雪的详细观测将使气象学家清楚地了解天气模式的变化，从而改善海洋和航空预报以及森林火灾的检测。

“You’re talking basically like the Goes from 1990s technologies to 2020 technology in one day, so this is going to be completely revolution of how we see data and how much information we receive. It’s going to be 40 time more, 40 times more information than that we had before.”
就像你说的，基本上Goes系列像一天之内由上世纪90年代的技术变成2020年的科技。所以这将彻底改变我们的数据呈现和信息接收。是我们之前信息量的40倍。

And that means better predictions and more accurate forecasts.
这也意味着更优良、精准的预测。

“The new satellite is going to have 16 channels, which is going to be replacing all technology, with higher resolution. By having the 16 channels, we are going to have information on the visible as well as the infrared regime. This includes such information as detection of CO2 emissions in the upper atmosphere and evaluation of the ozone layer aloft. And we will give us a better capability to monitor atmosphere moisture.”
新卫星会有16个频道拥有更高的分辨率届时会取代所有技术。通过那16个频道我们可以获取可见光和红外辐射的信息。这些其中包括检测高层大气中二氧化碳排放量和高层臭氧层评估等信息。而且会给予我们更好的监测大气湿度的能力。

The enhanced data will be shared with the international community, giving other countries more advanced warnings in case of weather emergencies like hurricanes or tornados. The expanded satellite network will also have economic benefits. By providing faster and more accurate information to commercial airlines and vessels to help them avoid storms and extreme weather conditions.
增强的数据将与国际社会分享，在飓风或龙卷风等天气情况下为其他国家提供更早一步的预警。 扩大后的卫星网络也将带来经济效益， 向商业航空公司和船只提供更快更准确的信息，帮助他们避免风暴和极端天气条件。

I’m Faith Lapidus VOA News.
我是VOA记者费思。