The development of the Tiros Global Environmental Satellite System
Abstract
A table giving the orbital performance of the Tiros satellites is included. It is noted that the infrared data from the Tiros-N/NOAA satellites can be used to produce charts showing the sea-surface temperature over a larger area and with greater frequency than is possible from any other source. Satellite pictures display the extent and character of ice fields in the Arctic and Antarctic seas and on the Great Lakes with a frequency and geographic coverage never before attained. Tiros also collects and locates data from fixed or moving platforms and monitors electron and proton particles emanating from the sun
- Publication:
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AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting
- Pub Date:
- January 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982aiaa.meetY....S
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Imagery;
- Meteorological Services;
- Technology Assessment;
- Tiros Satellites;
- Itos Satellites;
- Noaa Satellites;
- Satellite-Borne Photography;
- Spacecraft Configurations;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles