----------------------------------- MADIS Satellite Wind Provider Names ----------------------------------- 'ALL-GOES-O' Both GOES satellites, operational winds 'ALL-GOES-X' Both GOES satellites, experimental winds 'GOES-11-O' GOES-11, operational winds 'GOES-11-X' GOES-11, experimental winds 'GOES-12-O' GOES-12, operational winds 'GOES-12-X' GOES-12, experimental winds As this is being written (June 2006), GOES-11 is the West satellite and GOES-12 is the East satellite. When new GOES satellites are launched and replace GOES-11 and -12, you don't need to get new MADIS software -- just put the number of the desired satellite in your provider selection. When getting data use the GOES satellite number that was active for West or East at the time of interest: November 4, 2003 MADIS archive start GOES-10 West GOES-12 East June 23, 2006 GOES-11 West