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A network of geostationary and polar satellites provides global coverage of environmental conditions,
and continuous updates of climatological variables such as cloud cover, vegetation, and sea surface
temperature. In the United States, these satellites are operated by the National Environmental Satellite
Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). There are also a number
of experimental scientific satellites operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), in cooperation with other U.S. agencies, or foreign
governments, such as the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM)). The U.S. Department of Defense
also operates polar-orbiting spacecraft, known as the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
to satisfy their mission requirements. By the year 2010,
the military DMSP and civilian
NOAA and NASA polar satellite programs will merge into the
National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite
System (NPOESS) that will be
operated jointly. Resources that provide information on these various systems
are listed below:
Latest Launch Schedule (from Spaceflight Now)
NWA Letters of Support for:
GOES-R Lightning Mapper (March 2004);
GOES Microwave Imager (March 2006)
Advanced GEO Sounder (Oct 2007);
QuickSCAT (Jan 2008)
United States Satellites
Foreign Satellites
Realtime Imagery and Products (Sample list)
Microwave Products
Commercial Vendors (For information only; not an endorsement by the NWA)
Additional resources:
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