• DocumentCode
    2091563
  • Title

    The NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System): a program overview and status update

  • Author

    Hinnant, Francis G. ; Swenson, Hilmer ; Haas, John M.

  • Author_Institution
    NPOESS Integrated Program Office, US Air Force, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    236
  • Abstract
    An overview of the NPOESS program is presented with a brief history and current status of the program, and with an introduction to the individual sensors under development by the Integrated Program Office as well as future plans for transition to full operational capability
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; atmospheric measuring apparatus; remote sensing; NPOESS; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; program overview; status update;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7031-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976113
  • Filename
    976113