https://doi.org/10.25923/89x6-s797

Price, Julie

In 2017, the nation saw the launch of another next generation polar-

orbiting satellite, NOAA-20. This launch – the second under the

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), ensured that NOAA-20 along

with the NOAA/NASA demonstration satellite, Suomi National

Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) would provide even more

data and products into weather prediction models around the world.

Considered the backbone of the global observing system, data from

polar-orbiting satellites are critical for forecasting weather three to

seven days in advance and monitoring the global environment. JPSS

provides critical environmental observations to support NOAA’s

overarching mission to “understand and predict changes in weather,

climate, oceans, and coasts.”

National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service (NESDIS)

NOAA-20