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| NOAA-L TO IMPROVE WEATHER FORECASTING AND MONITOR ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD | G00-063 | 08/29/00 | 00:10:49 | The NOAA-L satellite will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world. NOAA-L is the second in a series of five polar-orbiting satellites with improved imaging and sounding capabilities that will operate over the next twelve years. Like other NOAA satellites, NOAA-L will collect meteorological data and transmit the information to users around the world to enhance weather forecasting.
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| ITEM (1): NOAA-L Orbit Animation -In the United States, the data NOAA L collects will be used primarily by NOAAÕs National Weather Service for its long-range weather and climate forecasts. The satellite will continue the support of the international COSPAS-SARSAT system by providing search and rescue capabilities essential for detection and location of ships, aircraft, and people in distress.
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| ITEM (2): NOAA-L Satellite Animation - The POES mission is composed of two polar orbiting satellites that provide long-range weather forecasting. Operating as a pair, these satellites ensure that non-visible data, for any region of the Earth, are no more than six hours old.
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| ITEM (3): A Concert Of Satellites - NOAA's environmental satellite system is composed of two types of satellites: geostationary operational environmental satellites for national, regional, short-range warning and "now-casting;" and polar-orbiting environmental satellites for global, long-term forecasting and environmental monitoring. Both GOES and POES are necessary for providing a complete global weather monitoring system. Both also carry search and rescue instruments to relay signals from aviators and mariners in distress.
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| ITEM (4): Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Products - Environmental satellites collect global data on cloud cover, surface conditions such as ice, snow, and vegetation; atmospheric temperatures, moisture, aerosol, and ozone distributions; and collect and rely information from fixed and moving platforms. The following items depict the different types of products that NOAA-L will provide.
a) Analyzing Sea Surface Temperatures - This data sequence traces the evolution and demise of warm El Nino condition in 1997 and early 1998. The cooler waters associated with La Nina began to emerge in the spring of 1998, peaked in the winter of 1998 and became much less organized in the spring of 1999. Sea temperature data is from NOAA's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). Blue colors indicate lower than normal sea temperatures and red indicates warmer than normal sea temperatures.
b) Analyzing La Nina - Scientists combine sea height data from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon with sea surface temperature data from NOAA's AVHRR to better understand the correlation between sea height and temperature. The cool waters of La Nina (shown in blue) can be seen as a depressed region along the equatorial Pacific. La Nina replaced warm El Nino waters in June of 1998 and have persisted through 2000.
c) Keeping An Eye On Hurricanes - Animation fly-by of Hurricane Mitch. (G00-038)
d) Tracking Fires - Indonesian fire data from October & November 1997, collected by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument on NOAA's Polar-orbiting environmental satellite (POES).
e) Florida Thunder Bumper - Footage of a massive thunderstorm progressing over Florida on July 2, 1995.
f) Ice Flows - Greenland coastal ice flows.
g) Search & Rescue - NOAA-L supports the SARSAT (Search & Rescue Aided Tracking) part of the COSPAS-SARSAT constellation. Russia provides the COSPAS (Russian for Space Systems for Search of Vessels in Distress) satellites. The international system aids in search and rescue missions by detecting and locating emergency beacons for ships, aircraft, and people.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (5): Weather Forecaster B-Roll - B-roll of scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration process weather data.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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