Satellite Center: TIROS (AVHRR/NOAA/POES/N-POES)

Orbital Altitude: 850 km

Orbital Inclination: 98° (est. -ve and +ve inclinations both used)

NOAA has two polar-orbiting meteorological satellites in orbit at all times, with one satellite crossing the equator in the early morning and early evening and the other crossing the equator in the afternoon and late evening. Morning-satellite data are most commonly used for land studies, while data from both satellites are used for atmosphere and ocean studies. Together they provide twice-daily global coverage, and ensure that data for any region of the earth are no more than six hours old. The swath width, the width of the area on the Earth's surface that the satellite can "see", is approximately 2,500 kilometers (about 1,500 miles). The satellites orbit between 830 and 870 kilometers (between 516 and 541 miles) above the surface of the Earth.

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Related sites:
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/

Data Center links:
Water Vapor
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
Jetstreams
Clouds