Contribution of NOAA’s Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites to Climate Data Records
- Paper number
GLOC-2023,T,3A,5,x75104
- Author
Dr. Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS, United States
- Year
2023
- Abstract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States has been operating a fleet of polar orbiting environmental satellites (POES) for over 40 years that have been collecting daily observations of the Earth’s oceans, land and the atmosphere. While these satellites have been primarily designed for meteorological applications such as short and long term weather forecasting, this data are an invaluable record of the Earth’s climate over the past four decades. The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), which is the current generation of polar satellites is considered as the backbone of critical satellite observations for weather prediction and are expected to continue the long legacy of NOAA’s global satellite observations till the end of next decade. NOAA’s polar satellites collect Earth observations over a broad range of the electromagnetic spectrum from the ultraviolet region to the microwave region and contribute to the generation of several Climate Data Records (CDRs). These include fundamental CDRs which are composed of sensor data (e.g. calibrated radiances, brightness temperatures) that have been improved and quality controlled over time, together with ancillary calibration data; and thematic CDRs that address a geophysical variable such as sea surface temperature and precipitation that is often derived from a fundamental CDR(s) which are specific to various disciplines. This presentation will provide a brief history of NOAA polar satellite contributions, status and examples of the CDRs.
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