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Overview - About The Users
Conference
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Satellite
and Information Service is hosting the 2008 Satellite Direct Readout
Conference in Miami, Florida, December 8-12, 2008.
NOAA operates both Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES)
and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). The data from
the NOAA satellites are available to all countries and users world-wide, and
are utilized to support a variety of meteorological, oceanographic, terrestrial,
solar, climatic, and other specialized data collection activities and services.
During the next decade, the launch of the GOES-R series of geostationary
satellites and the NPOESS and METOP series of polar-orbiting satellites will
result in
significant changes. The changes brought about by these new satellite
systems will affect all current and future users of environmental satellites,
particularly those
who receive data directly from the satellites. In time, all users will
need to modify or replace current receiving equipment and basic processing
software as the
next generations of satellites begin operation. The purpose of this
Direct Readout Conference is a continuing effort to prepare all users for
these changes.
Updated: Feb. 2008
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