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NOAA-N Prime Beauty Shot Animation
An artist concept of the spacecraft. The microwave instruments on board NOAA-N Prime are so sensitive that they can see Earth's surface through clouds. NOAA-N Prime will deliver essential atmospheric and surface parameters to use in scientific forecast models. N Prime provides essential critical information for creating accurate weather forecasts 2-3 days in advance.

Beauty pass of the NOAA-N Prime satellite.    Beauty pass of the NOAA-N Prime satellite.
Duration: 20.0 seconds
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Animation Number:10373
Completed:2009-01-21
Animator:Chris Meaney (HTSI) (Lead)
Producer:Silvia Stoyanova (UMBC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:NOAA-N Prime/TIROS
 NOAA-N Prime/SARSAT
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Climate
DLESE >> Geology
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Hurricane
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Remote Sensing
DLESE >> Structural geology
SVS >> Volcano
SVS >> Weather
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Solid Earth >> Volcanoes
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Tornados
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Fires
SVS >> NOAA
SVS >> Polar Spacecraft
 
 
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab


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