Earth
ID: 10372
Since 1960, NOAA has operated a fleet of Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellites called POES, complimented by the higher altitude (36,000km) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). The stationary GOES satellites give a constant view from two points in space, while the polar-orbiting NOAA-N Prime circles the Earth at a lower altitude (860km) once every 102 minutes. These two systems provide continuous data about the global atmosphere.
NOAA-N Prime and GOES-O in Orbit Animation
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Missions:
NOAA-N
NOAA-N Prime
POES
Data Used:
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Climate
DLESE >> Geology
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Remote Sensing
DLESE >> Structural geology
SVS >> Volcano
SVS >> Weather
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Solid Earth >> Volcanoes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Tornados
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Fires
SVS >> GOES
SVS >> NOAA
SVS >> Polar Spacecraft
SVS >> POES
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10372
Missions:
NOAA-N
NOAA-N Prime
POES
Data Used:
NOAA-N Prime/TIROS
NOAA-N Prime/SARSAT
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Climate
DLESE >> Geology
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Remote Sensing
DLESE >> Structural geology
SVS >> Volcano
SVS >> Weather
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Solid Earth >> Volcanoes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Tornados
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Fires
SVS >> GOES
SVS >> NOAA
SVS >> Polar Spacecraft
SVS >> POES
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
