Topic:Weather satellites
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Weather satellites (wiktionary | wikipedia | wikibooks)
The topic of Weather Satellites is surprisenly diverse and comprehensive field. It covers a broad range of interdisciplinary subjects.
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[edit] Overview
The first weather satellites were launched back in the 1960s. They quickly showed their potential and increased in their capability and sophistication. A trend quickly developed where a certain satellite design was settled upon and a whole series were then launched in subsequent years usually overlapping slightly in the time period of coverage but in each case more advanced than the previous.
[edit] Required Knowledge
It would be useful to have a basic knowledge of orbits and space.
[edit] Learning Material
[edit] Essential Background
[edit] Historical Material
- Historical overview
- Technological development
- Application development
- Scientific progress
- Timeline of key events
[edit] Main Material
- Current weather satellites -This should cover all the main types of satellites in use and their capability.
[edit] Classification
Satellites can be divide up into different types by orbit:
- geostationary satellites (wiktionary | wikipedia | wikibooks)
- polar orbiting (wiktionary | wikipedia | wikibooks)
- research satellites (wiktionary | wikipedia | wikibooks)
- ...others...
[edit] Belongs to Courses
- Back to Topic:Climatology
- Back to Remote Sensing
[edit] See also
[edit] International Programmes
- International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
