Polar-orbiting environmental satellites : status, plans, and future data management challenges /

Discusses the work on the planned National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), and the nation's current polar-orbiting weather satellite program, plans for NPOESS, and key challenges in managing future NPOESS data volumes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Koontz, Linda D.
Corporate Author:	United States. General Accounting Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2002]
Series:	Testimony ; GAO-02-684 T.
Subjects:	Space environment > Forecasting. Space environment > Data processing. Satellite meteorology > Instruments. Meteorological satellites.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS34579