Meteorological high-resolution satellites

4. GOES Series

5. Hurricane Katrina as seen by NOAA satellite
Hurricane Katrina shortly after landfall, August 29, 2005, as captured by NOAA's
GOES-12 weather satellite.

8. NIMBUS
• American earth weather satellite.
Meteorology, experimental satellite
built by RCA Astrospace for NASA,
NOAA, USA. Launched 1964 - 1966.
Used Nimbus Bus.Status:
Operational 1964. First Launch:
1964-08-28.

9. • The Nimbus program launched in 1964 and used a
number of satellites to monitor and observe atmospheric
conditions.
• Satellites equipped with microwave and infrared
radiometers, ozone mappers, and other equipment helped
Nimbus scientists receive data transmissions related to
ice and sea coverage, atmospheric chemistry and
temperatures, and radiation levels around the world.

10. • The Nimbus program included several waves of satellite
models, beginning with Nimbus 1 and ending with Nimbus 7.
• Each model launched with a variety of different objectives-
• Developing characterizations of the atmosphere and oceans,
• Gathering data on the planet's heat balance,
• Evaluating pollution levels,
• Analyzing weather patterns, and
• Providing international oceanographic data geared toward collection
programs.

11. Nimbus series missions
Spacecraft
Nimbus-1
Nimbus-2
Nimbus-3
Nimbus-4
Nimbus-5
Nimbus-6
Nimbus-7
Launch date
Aug. 28, 1964
May 15, 1966
Apr. 14, 1969
Apr. 8, 1970
Dec. 11, 1972
June 12, 1975
Oct. 24, 1978
• Meteorologists first global images of clouds and large
weather systems
• Measure the temperature of the ocean.
• Atmospheric temperature observations and the ability to
measure solar radiation above the atmosphere.
• collecting the first global observations of the ozone layer.
• to measure rainfall over the world's oceans and to map
and monitor sea ice.
• measurements of atmospheric temperature at different
altitudes.
• collected data on ozone, the stratosphere, ocean
conditions, and global weather
Uses