Advanced Geostationary Weather Satellites
Special | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Tim Schmit discusses the weather satellite system known as GOES.
Tim Schmit, Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains the advances in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) weather satellite system and how sharper images improve forecasting the weather and modeling the climate.
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Advanced Geostationary Weather Satellites
Special | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Tim Schmit, Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains the advances in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) weather satellite system and how sharper images improve forecasting the weather and modeling the climate.
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