Sentences with phrase «geostationary weather satellites»

JPSS - 1 would acquire a «much better quality» temperature and moisture profile than those of geostationary weather satellites, says JPSS Deputy Director Ajay Mehta.

While the ongoing research uses ground - based lightning detection networks, the UAH team is also working on being able to use lightning counts reported by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper aboard the GOES - R geostationary weather satellite, which is scheduled to launch in 2016.

Not exact matches

NOAA's flagship weather satellites, the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, would receive full funding for FY 2018.

NOAA's two major satellite programs relating to weather forecasting — the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system — would be allotted $ 775.8 million and $ 518 million respectively, as requested.

The United States filled a crucial gap in its weather - forecasting arsenal when it launched its latest geostationary satellite on March 1.

Monitoring weather requires two types of satellites: geostationary and polar - orbiting.

The proposal would retain support for NOAA's troubled $ 11.3 billion Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), a series of two advanced weather satellites, the first of which is set for launch late this summer, and its $ 11.3 billion line of four new geostationary satellites, the first of which, GOES - 16, launched late last year.

The law, meanwhile, maintains full support for NOAA's troubled $ 11.3 billion Joint Polar Satellite System, a series of two advanced weather satellites, the first of which is set for launch late this summer, and its $ 11.3 billion line of four new geostationary satellites, the first of which, GOES - 16, launched late last year.

EUMETSAT operates four geostationary Meteosat spacecraft which provide frequent observations vital for severe weather warnings, and two Metop polar orbiting satellites which supply a unique wealth of ocean, land and atmospheric parameters essential for forecasting high impact weather up to 10 days in advance.

This dataset is an intercalibration of irradiance measurements from a fleet of geostationary and polar orbiting weather satellites, operational since 1983.