satellite operations / satellite makes / land surface products / satellite data / satellite program / operational polar-orbiting meteorological satellite systems / ineffective interagency management / climate products / polar-orbiting environmental satellite systems / satellite programs / Satellite sensors / weather products / separate satellite acquisitions / ground systems / atmospheric products / separate satellite programs / ocean products / demonstration satellite / fewer ground-based data processing systems / satellite data processing / replacement satellite program / weather services / satellite system / operational polar satellite configuration / shorter satellite lifespan / /
Organization
Abbreviations CrIS DMSP DOD JPSS MetOp NASA NOAA NPOESS NPP OMPS OSTP POES VIIRS Cross-track Infrared Sounder Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Department of Defense Joint Polar Satellite System Meteorological Operational / Investigations and Oversight Committee on Science / Subcommittee on Investigations / Honorable Ralph Hall Ranking Member Committee on Science / House of Representatives / NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service / U.S. government / European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellite / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / NPOESS Integrated Program Office / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / GAO-10-558 Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites United States Government Accountability Office Washington / Department of Commerce / Air Force / White House’s office of Science and Technology Policy / DMSP POES / Department of Defense / Integrated Program Office / Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Profiler Suite Office / /
Person
David A. Powner / / /
Position
gov. United States Government Accountability Office Contents / The Honorable Bart Gordon Chairman / The Honorable Brad Miller Chairman / Director / Major / /
United States Government Accountability Office GAO Report to Congressional Committees