The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS): Improved Capabilities for Weather Forecasting and Environmental Monitoring

Author

Stockton, Dan ; Hoffman, Carl ; Haas, John M. ; Nelson, Craig S.

Author_Institution

NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

In the next decade, weather forecasters, climate researchers, and decision-makers will rely on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) to meet many of their needs for remotely-sensed, Earth science data and information. NPOESS spacecraft will be launched into two orbital planes beginning in 2013 to provide significantly improved operational capabilities and benefits to satisfy critical civil and national security requirements for space-based, remotely sensed environmental data.

Keywords

remote sensing; weather forecasting; AD 2013; NPOESS; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; climate change impacts; climate change prediction; environmental monitoring; national security requirements; remote sensing; seasonal time scales; weather forecasting; Atmospheric modeling; Instruments; Meteorology; Military satellites; Monitoring; Predictive models; Remote sensing; Space technology; Space vehicles; Weather forecasting; Remote Sensing; Satellites; Sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778800

Filename

4778800