Polar Orbiting Satellites the POES program
Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) are placed in circular sun-synchronous (see below) orbits and their altitudes usually range from 700 to 800 kilometers, ...
Orbit
The path of the Earth around the sun, or of satellites around the Earth
Ozone ...
Orbit The path described by a heavenly body in its periodic revolution. Earth satellite orbits with inclinations near 0° are called equatorial orbits because the satellite stays nearly over the equator.
Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite"(Abbreviated POES.) A general name given the U.S. series of polar-orbiting satellites beginning in 1966 with the launch of ESSA-1.
polar orbiting satellite
An artificial satellite that has an orbit that travels over the vicinity of the geographic poles; it usually revolves in its orbital plane around the earth at an altitude ranging from 400 to 1200 km, ...
Polar Orbiting Satellite - a satellite with an orbit nearly parallel to the earth's meridian lines which crosses the polar regions on each orbit ...
POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITE A satellite whose orbit passes over both of the earth's between poles. Related term: geostationary satellite ...
Polar Orbiting Satellite A weather satellite which travels over both poles each time it orbits the Earth. It orbits about 530 miles (850 km) above the Earth's surface.
Polar-orbiting satellite A satellite in relatively low orbit that travels near the geographical poles on meridional trajectories.
[edit] Orbital variations
In their effect on climate, orbital variations are in some sense an extension of solar variability, ...
Orbital forcing(2)
Theory that proposes large scale climate changes are due in part to the variations in precession, eccentricity and obliquity that affects the amount of solar radiation received by the earth.
Orographic precipitation(6) ...
An orbiting weather satellite that maintains the same position over the equator during the earth's rotation. Also known as GOES, an acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
Polar orbiting satellites are now used now give a map of total column ozone over the entire globe.
OAO - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OSO - Orbiting Solar Observatory
OSS - Office of Space Science (NASA)
OSSE - Office of Space Science Education (SSEC) ...
**The Moon's Orbit**
1. The moon's orbit around the earth is an elliptical shape.
2. The average speed of the moon around the earth in orbit is 2,300 mph.
POES - Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite. Satellite for studying and imaging of polar regions of the earth.
SATELLITE A manufactured object that orbits a celestial body, either in a geostationary or a polar manner.
GeosynchronousTerm applied to any equatorial satellite with an orbital velocity equal to the rotational velocity of the earth.
This is because of orbital features of the Earth, both its elliptical shape which causes the orbital speed to vary and because of the tilt of the Earth's axis with respect to the plane of the elliptical orbit.
While it spins the earth also moves around the sun in a circle, called an orbit, and the orbit takes one year to complete. As the earth moves and spins it is tilted in one direction at an angle of 23 degrees.
GOES (Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite): Satellites orbiting at 22,370 miles above the Earth's surface with the same rotational velocity as the Earth; therefore, ...
AphelionThe point on the annual orbit of a body (about the sun) that is farthest from the sun; at present, the earth reaches this point (152 million kilometer from the sun) on about 5 July. Opposite of perihelion.
A navigation system based on a constellation of 24 low earth-orbiting satellites having highly accurate clocks and the computational capacity to triangulate positions near the earth's surface. Developed by the U.S.
The point on the earth's orbit that is farthest from the sun. Although the position is part of a 21,000 year cycle, currently it occurs around July, when the earth is about 3 million miles farther from the sun than at perihelion.
Meteor - A series of operational polar-orbiting meteorological satellites launched by the former Soviet Union since 1969. There have been three series of Meteor satellites, Meteor-1, Meteor-2, and Meteor-3.
GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE An orbiting weather satellite that maintains the same position over the equator during the earth's rotation. Also known as GOES, an acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
solstice: point in the earth's orbit of the sun where the sun's rays are shining directly as far north or as far south as they possibly can shine, due to the tilt of the earth on its axis.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite- Satellites orbiting at 22,370 miles above the Earth's surface with the same rotational velocity as the Earth; therefore, the satellite remains over the same location on the Earth 24 hours a day.
Aphelion - The point in the orbit of a planet that is farthest from the Sun.
Apparent Temperature - The air temperature perceived by a person.
Arctic (A) Air Mass - A bitterly cold air mass that forms over the frozen Arctic Ocean.
Weather Satellite: An instrument platform in earth orbit which views the atmosphere with a variety of sensors including visible and infrared cameras.
Geostationary Satellite Satellites orbiting at 22,370 miles above the Earth's surface with the same rotational velocity as the Earth; therefore, the satellite remains over the same location on the Earth 24 hours a day.
A dimensionless quantity describing the elliptical shape of a planet's orbit.
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Browse Related Terms: Carrington Longitude, International Date Line, Longitude, loran, meridian ...
External processes, such as solar-irradiance variations, variations of the Earth's orbital parameters (eccentricity, precession, and inclination), lithosphere motions, and volcanic activity, are factors in climatic variation.
A satellite placed at nearly 36000 Km above the earth on the equator. It orbits the earth once a day so stays approximately stationary above a specific point. Five such satellites give a continuous cloud picture of virtually the entire globe
Glaze ...
Climate change may result from such factors as changes in solar activity, long-period changes in the Earth's orbital elements (eccentricity, obliquity of the ecliptic, precession of equinoxes), natural internal processes of the climate system, ...
AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. Main sensor on U.S. polar orbiting satellites.
AVN: Aviation Model generated every 12 hours by NCEP.
anomaly 1: unusual temperature or precipitation for a given region over a specified period. Also see anomaly 2 (Orbital Mechanics section).
An unmanned station with various sensors that measure weather elements such as temperature/wind/pressure and transmit these readings for use by meteorologists.
VHRR- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. Main sensor on U.S. polar orbiting ...
so, for operational meteorologists, careful monitoring of all available data is required; Geostationary satellite imagery has a rather course resolution at high latitudes, and the visible channels are of little use in the winter season. Polar orbiter ...
EBNDEastboundEBSEmergency Broadcast SystemEccentricityA dimensionless quantity describing the elliptical shape of a planet's orbit.
 See also: Surface, Satellite, Air, Earth, Weather
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