- NCDC Provides Access to Data from Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
- Release:NPP to JPSS Transition
- VIIRS captures massive Dust Cloud over Texas
- NPP-CrIS instrument Activated
- 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS
- NPP Resumes Mission Checkout
- NPP Satellite Acquires First VIIRS Image
- NPP Successfully Launched
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NPP Press Conference-Oct 12
- First JPSS antenna installed
JPSS is the next generation of NOAA’s polar-orbiting environmental satellites. JPSS’ mission is to provide advanced and reliable environmental monitoring to improve the Nation’s ability to prepare for and sustain changes in weather, climate, and the environment.
JPSS is truly a system, including a series of advanced spacecraft, highly-sensitive instruments, and a versatile ground system which controls the spacecraft, ingests the data, and provides information to users around the globe.
This system will allow scientists and forecasters to monitor and predict weather patterns , climate and environmental phenomena with greater speed and accuracy than ever before.
JPSS will also extend a 30+ year record of of long-standing climate measurement, allowing study of long-term climate trends. In fact, JPSS will improve and extend climate measurements for 30 different Environmental Data Records of the atmosphere, land, ocean, climate, and space environment.
