Earth  ID: 20178

NOAA-N Prime Beauty Shot Animation

Animations by Chris Meaney Released on January 21, 2009
An artist concept of the spacecraft. The microwave instruments on board NOAA-N Prime are so sensitive that they can see Earth's surface through clouds. NOAA-N Prime will deliver essential atmospheric and surface parameters to use in scientific forecast models. N Prime provides essential critical information for creating accurate weather forecasts 2-3 days in advance.
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Beauty pass of the NOAA-N Prime satellite.

Animation Credits

Chris Meaney (HTSI): Lead Animator
Silvia Stoyanova (UMBC): Producer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab

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Missions:
NOAA-N
NOAA-N Prime

Data Used:
NOAA-N Prime/TIROS
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NOAA-N Prime/SARSAT
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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 >> NOAA
SVS >> Polar Spacecraft
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