Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

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Earth observation satellite program weather satellite constellation

Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) were a series of U.S. polar-orbiting weather satellites that provided long-term global observations for meteorology, climate monitoring, and environmental research.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites	1
NOAA weather satellites	1
Polar Operational Environmental Satellites canonical	1
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earth observation satellite program ⓘ weather satellite constellation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataFormat	APT ⓘ HRPT ⓘ
dataRelay	NOAA ground stations ⓘ
dataUsedFor	climate data records ⓘ cryosphere monitoring ⓘ hurricane tracking ⓘ numerical weather prediction models ⓘ oceanographic studies ⓘ
dataUser	National Weather Service ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense international meteorological agencies ⓘ
developer	NASA ⓘ NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
followedBy	JPSS ⓘ Joint Polar Satellite System ⓘ
inclination	about 98 degrees ⓘ
instrument	Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A ⓘ surface form: AMSU AVHRR ⓘ Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A ⓘ surface form: Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ⓘ HIRS ⓘ Cross-track Infrared Sounder ⓘ surface form: High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder MSU ⓘ Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A ⓘ surface form: Microwave Sounding Unit SARSAT payload ⓘ SEM ⓘ Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking payload ⓘ Space Environment Monitor ⓘ TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder ⓘ TOVS ⓘ
lastOperationalSatellite	NOAA-19 ⓘ
launchSite	Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchVehicle	Atlas rocket ⓘ Delta rocket ⓘ Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ surface form: Titan II rocket
localTimeOfAscendingNode	afternoon orbit ⓘ morning orbit ⓘ
notableSpacecraft	NOAA-10 ⓘ NOAA-11 ⓘ NOAA-12 ⓘ NOAA-14 ⓘ NOAA-15 ⓘ NOAA-16 ⓘ NOAA-17 ⓘ NOAA-18 ⓘ NOAA-19 ⓘ NOAA-6 ⓘ NOAA-7 ⓘ NOAA-8 ⓘ NOAA-9 ⓘ
operator	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ surface form: NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
orbitType	polar orbit ⓘ sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
precededBy	TIROS program ⓘ
programEnd	2018 ⓘ
programStart	1960s ⓘ 1966 ⓘ
provides	atmospheric humidity profiles ⓘ atmospheric temperature profiles ⓘ global cloud imagery ⓘ radiation budget measurements ⓘ sea ice observations ⓘ sea surface temperature data ⓘ snow cover observations ⓘ space weather data ⓘ
purpose	to provide long-term global observations for weather forecasting ⓘ to support climate research ⓘ to support environmental monitoring ⓘ
use	climate monitoring ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ meteorology ⓘ operational weather forecasting ⓘ research ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joint Polar Satellite System → predecessor → Polar Operational Environmental Satellites ⓘ

JPSS → predecessor → Polar Operational Environmental Satellites ⓘ

this entity surface form: NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

POES → abbreviation → Polar Operational Environmental Satellites ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites

ATMS → aboard → Polar Operational Environmental Satellites ⓘ

this entity surface form: NOAA weather satellites