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Suomi NPP is primary polar-orbiting weather satellite

Submit on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 22:57

The NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite is now the primary operational polar-orbiting spacecraft for NOAA’s operational weather forecasting mission. The National Weather Service (NWS) uses Suomi NPP data in its numerical weather prediction models.

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