Weather Satellites: User Views on the Consequences of Eliminating a Civilian Polar Orbiter

Abstract

Dear Mr. Chairman: Your March 27, 1985, letter requested the General Accounting Office to examine various questions associated with eliminating one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) two polar-orbiting weather satellites, as proposed by recent presidential budget submissions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1986
Accession Number
AD1167970

Entities

People

  • J. D. Peach

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Climate Change
  • Congress
  • Fish
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Navy
  • Oceanography
  • Reconnaissance
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Weather Stations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites