VALUE OF EPS TO METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (1/2)
NOWCASTING AND VERY SHORT TERM FORECASTING
- HIGH REVISIT FREQUENCY AT HIGH LATITUDES NOT COVERED BY GEOSTATIONARY SPACECRAFT
- MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS NOT AVAILABLE FROM GEO ORBIT
- PASSIVE TEMPERATURE/MOISTURE SOUNDING: AMSU-A/MHS
- ACTIVE : SCATTEROMETRY OVER OCEAN (WIND), ICE AND LAND
- SENSOR SYNERGY: CO-LOCATED SOUNDING, IMAGERY, SCAT...
- HRPT/LRPT REAL TIME SERVICE
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NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION
- ADVANCED SOUNDING(GLOBAL MISSION)
- TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE, OZONE
- TROPOSPHERE, AND STRATOSPHERE
- ALL WEATHER (AMSU-A/MHS/GRAS)
- HIGHER ACCURACY VERTICAL RESOLUTION (1K/1km)
- ENHANCED INFORMATION ON SURFACE PARAMETERS