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Title: |
Weather Satellites |
| Sub-title: |
Development Progress & Contingency Gap Issues |
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| Edited by: |
Sherril G Ryder |
| ISBN10-13: |
1629486876 : 9781629486871 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
230x155mm |
| Pages: |
124 |
| Weight: |
.348 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - March 2014 |
| List Price: |
159.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| This book focuses on the geostationary weather satellites and polar weather satellites. Geostationary environmental satellites play a critical role in our nation's weather forecasting. These satellite, which are managed by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provide information on atmospheric, oceanic, climatic, and solar conditions that help meteorologists observe and predict regional and local weather events. They also provide a means of identifying the large-scale evolution of severe storms, such as forecasting a hurricane's path and intensity. The Editors of this book discuss the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program, planned to be a state-of-the-art, environment-monitoring satellite system that would replace two existing polar-orbiting environmental satellite systems. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Geostationary Weather Satellites: Progress Made, but Weaknesses in Scheduling, Contingency Planning, & Communicating with Users Need to Be Addressed; Polar Weather Satellites: NOAA Identified Ways to Mitigate Data Gaps, but Contingency Plans & Schedules Require Further Attention; Statement of Mary E Kicza, NESDIS Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. Hearing on "Dysfunction in Management of Weather & Climate Satellites"; Statement of Marcus A Watkins, Director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, National Aeronautics & Space Administration. Hearing on "Dysfunction in Management of Weather & Climate Satellites"; Index.
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