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

Description
Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 1, 2003). "For release ... July 24, 2002." Paper version available from: General Accounting Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548. Electronic resource.
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 10/01/03: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02684t.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.