International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B4. Istanbul 2004 
  
Abbreviation: DMSP-SSM/I 
Long Name: Defense Satellite 
Program - Special Sensor 
Microwave Imager 
Common Uses: 
e atmospheric 
precipitable water 
e ocean surface wind 
speed 
e sea ice concentration 
Temporal: 1987 - present 
Spatial: global 
Resolution: 12.5 to 25km 
Agency: NOAA/National Environmental Data and 
Information Service 
URL: 
http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/htm l/download.html 
Sample: 
  
  
Atmospheric Water Vapor 
  
Abbreviation: DMSP-OLS 
Long Name: Defense Satellite 
Program - Operational Linescan 
System 
Common Uses: monitors the 
global distribution of clouds and 
cloud top temperatures 
Temporal: 1992 - present 
Spatial: global 
Resolution: 0.5 - 1.0 km 
Agency: NOAA/National Environmental Data and 
Information Service 
URL: 
http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/html/download.html 
Sample: 
  
Hurricane approaching U.S. 
  
  
Abbreviation: DMSP-SSM/T 
Long Name: Defense Satellite 
Program - Atmospheric 
Temperature Profiler 
Common Uses: atmospheric and 
temperature profiler 
Temporal: 1992 - present 
Spatial: global 
Resolution: 250 - 450 km 
Agency: NOA A/National Environmental Data and 
Information Service 
URL: 
http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/html/download.htm! 
Sample: 
Special Serisor Microwave Temperature Bounder (88M/TI 
  
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SSM/T for Hurricane Zelda 
  
Abbreviation GOES 
Long Name: Geostationary 
Operational Environmental 
Satellite 
Common Uses: 
e weather forecasting 
e prediction of 
thunderstorms 
e flash floods 
hurricanes 
e other severe weather 
  
Temporal: 1975 - present 
Spatial: Western Hemisphere 
Resolution: 1 - 8 km 
  
Agency: NOAA/National Environmental Data and 
Information Service 
URL: http://www.saa.noaa.gov/ 
Sample: 
  
Western US - Infrared Channel 4 
  
  
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