Joint Polar Satellite System
From our global observations to your local weather forecast
On behalf of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program
Science, it is my pleasure to share with you our science digests,
which are a collection of technical articles generated from a
series of monthly science seminars. The digests capture the
importance of the close collaborative efforts between product
developers and key users to conceptualize and develop new products
that help improve the use of JPSS data to enhance key services,
such as forecasting of severe weather events and environmental
monitoring of land, ocean and the cryosphere. I would like to
thank our federal staff, private sector support staff, and
university partners whose contributions and dedicated efforts have
made JPSS a big success.
The JPSS program is committed to ensuring that its user community is prepared to utilize the satellite imagery and data available from JPSS – the United States' next generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS provides environmental observations which are used in a wide range of application areas that include severe weather, hazards, aviation, ocean, coastal, land, imagery and data assimilation.