HDF5 for NPP sensor and environmental data records

Author

Denning, Michael ; Ullman, Richard

Author_Institution

Integrity Applic. Inc., Chantilly, VA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

3391

Lastpage

3393

Abstract

The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the next generation of low earth orbiting environmental satellites. The JPSS and the National Polar- orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellites are sun-synchronous polar orbiters with a period of approximately once every 100 minutes. Together with the Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS), the system will provide global monitoring environmental conditions by collecting, disseminating, and processing data about the Earth´s weather, atmosphere, oceans, land, and near-space environment with precision and detail never before achieved by operational weather satellites. This volume of data will allow scientists and forecasters to monitor and predict weather patterns with greater speed and accuracy.

Keywords

artificial satellites; environmental monitoring (geophysics); geophysical equipment; HDF5; Interface Data Processing Segment; Joint Polar Satellite System; NPOESS Preparatory Project; NPP satellites; NPP sensor; National Polar orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; environmental data records; low earth orbiting environmental satellites; Arrays; Documentation; Geology; Meteorology; Satellites; Terrestrial atmosphere; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049947

Filename

6049947