Harris Completes NOAA Satellite System Review
Harris Corp. announced Wednesday it has completed the critical design review of a new weather satellite system. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series Ground Segment helps track and provide weather forecasts and patterns used by more than 10,000 entities including the National Weather Service. The Melbourne, Fla.-based firm said the [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has started using a new weather forecast computer model that updates hourly every hour to see 18 hours ahead, NOAA announced Tuesday. Rapid Refresh was developed by the agency’s Boulder, Colo-based Earth system research lab and its National Centers for Environment Prediction in Camp Springs, Md. Weather updates will play [...]
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