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meteorological satellite
- Definição1
- An artificial Earth satellite making meteorological observations and transmitting these observations to Earth.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 3 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation: parts I and II. 18th ed. Montreal, 2013.
- Definição2
- Environmental and weather satellites (such as GOES, Meteosat, GMS, NOAA, DMSP) that carry instruments to remotely sense portions of the electromagnetic spectrum radiated from the earth and the surrounding atmosphere for use in the preparation of various meteorological observations and forecasts.
- Fonte2
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 9 maio 2022.
- Fonte3
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. Manual on codes: international codes: volume I.1: annex II to the WMO technical regulations: parte A: annex II to the WMO technical regulations. Geneva, 2011. (WMO, n.306).
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: metsat.
- Contexto
- Near-polar orbiting satellite [is] a type of meteorological satellite with nearly circular, nearly polar orbit.
- Subárea
- Meteorology
- Français
- satellite météorologique