The GOES-R Series (eBook)

A New Generation of Geostationary Environmental Satellites

Steven J. Goodman, Timothy J. Schmit, Jaime Daniels, Robert J. Redmon (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
306 Seiten
Elsevier Reference Monographs (Verlag)
978-0-12-814328-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The GOES-R Series: A New Generation of Geostationary Environmental Satellites introduces the reader to the most significant advance in weather technology in a generation. The world's new constellation of geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) are in the midst of a drastic revolution with their greatly improved capabilities that provide orders of magnitude improvements in spatial, temporal and spectral resolution. Never before have routine observations been possible over such a wide area. Imagine satellite images over the full disk every 10 or 15 minutes and monitoring of severe storms, cyclones, fires and volcanic eruptions on the scale of minutes. - Introduces the GOES-R Series, with chapters on each of its new products - Provides an overview of how to read new satellite images - Includes full-color images and online animations that demonstrate the power of this new technology

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-12-814328-2 / 0128143282
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-814328-5 / 9780128143285