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POES (Polar Operational Environmental Satellite) (201 words) |
 | NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) satellites in polar orbits that collect global data on a daily basis for a variety of land, ocean, and atmospheric applications. |
| Two satellites, a morning and afternoon satellite, make up the POES constellation and providr global coverage four times daily. |
| Their measurements are used for weather analysis and forecasting, climate research and prediction, global sea surface temperature measurements, atmospheric soundings of temperature and humidity, ocean dynamics research, volcanic eruption monitoring, forest fire detection, global vegetation analysis, and many other applications. |
| ORAD/MAST Satellite Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) Anomalay Animations (354 words) |
| NOAA has been producing sea surface temperatures [SSTs] from satellite data since 1972. |
| These anomalies are somewhat less reliable at high latitude where a limited amount of satellite data were available for the computation of monthly climatologies due to more persistent cloud. |
| A coral reef team of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) generates these coral reef bleaching monitoring products. |
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