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this is our home in the universe

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and these are satellites that keep an

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eye on our planet right now

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so why launch another earth observing

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satellite well spacecraft instruments

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just like anything else grow old they

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decay and they break not only do we need

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to replace the old instruments but we

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also need to improve what's out there in

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order to get more accurate observations

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that's why nasa and noaa are working

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together to build launch and operate a

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new polar orbiting satellite called npp

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this new satellite will collect critical

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measurements about our planet's

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atmosphere oceans and land surfaces and

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to understand how our climate is

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changing over long periods of time we

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need continuous observations of features

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like sea ice clouds and force what's

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really important is that npp continue

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adding to its two dozen plus key data

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records started by previous earth

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observing satellites these records are

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critical for understanding the health of

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our planet now as well as how things

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might change in the future

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and mpp will test five instruments in

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preparation for the new generation of

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weather satellites known as jpss

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the largest and most complex instrument

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is an imager that will monitor broad

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swaths of land oceans and air two other

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instruments will work together aid in

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weather forecasting by focusing on

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atmospheric temperatures and moisture

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profiles another instrument will monitor

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changes in the ozone layer which

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protects earth from harmful ultraviolet

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radiation

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mpp will also have an instrument that

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will focus on energy reflecting back

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from the clouds and the surface the data

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from this instrument will help

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understand the changes in climate over

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time

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that is a broad suite of observations

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and because oceans land atmosphere and

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living organisms are all connected if

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one changes it would affect the other

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elements in the earth system

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exactly and by making these individual

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measurements we're one step closer to

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understanding the big picture

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let's be clear that npp can't do it all

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npp is more focused on the here and now

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while users like nasa noaa and others

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will use complex computer models to

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predict tomorrow's weather over the

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course of climate change

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so npp has two specific goals one is

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deliver data for weather forecasting the

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other is to add new and better

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measurements to the decades of existing

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datasets which makes mpp the nation's

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first attempt to combine weather

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monitoring and climate observing on the

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same platform helping scientists