现代大气探测学-第1讲--夏俊荣(南京信息工程大学大气探测学)探讨.ppt

1.1 Today’s Operational US Environmental Satellite System Today’s United States’ Operational Environmental Satellite system consists of a mix of polar orbiting and geostationary satellites. There are two major constellations in the current space-based GOS. One constellation is the various geostationary satellites, which operate in an equatorial belt and provide a continuous view of the weather from roughly 70?N to 70?S. At present there are satellites at 0? longitude and 63?E (operated by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites - EUMETSAT), a satellite