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Toward a new national weather service : continuity of NOAA satellites / National Weather Service Modernization Committee, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Weather Service Modernization.
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The Compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Satellite meteorology--United States.
- Satellite meteorology.
- Meteorological satellites--United States.
- Meteorological satellites.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (61 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Continuity of NOAA satellites
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Continuity of NOAA Satellites
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 NOAA Environmental Satellite Programs
- POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM
- GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM
- 3 National Weather Service Uses of Satellite Data
- SATELLITE DATA IN NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION
- USE OF GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE DATA BY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES
- 4 Ensuring Continuity
- PAST PERFORMANCE OF GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES AND POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONA...
- PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE
- SCHEDULE OF FUTURE GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES AND POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL...
- POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE GROUND SYSTEM
- POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE BACKUP
- GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE GROUND FACILITIES AND BACKUP SYSTEMS
- GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE BACKUP
- SATELLITE LAUNCHES
- References
- Acronyms
- Appendix
- Summary of Panel Meetings.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42).
- ISBN:
- 9786610191703
- 9781280191701
- 1280191708
- 9780309589987
- 0309589983
- 9780585198910
- 0585198918
- OCLC:
- 44957733
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