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this is our home in the universe and

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these our satellites that keep an eye on

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our planet right now so I launched

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another earth-observing satellite well

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spacecraft instruments just like

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anything else grow old they decay and

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they break not only do we need to

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replace the old instruments but we also

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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 launched 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 surface 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 CI clouds and force what's really

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important is that NPP continue adding to

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its two dozen plus key data records

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started by previous or observing

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satellites these records are critical

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for understanding the health of our

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planet now as well as how things might

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change in the future and MPP will test

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five instruments in preparation for the

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new generation of weather satellites

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known as GPSS the largest and most

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complex instrument is an imager that

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will monitor broad swath of land oceans

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and air two other instruments will work

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together aidan weather forecasting by

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focusing on atmospheric temperatures and

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moisture profiles another instrument

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will monitor changes in the ozone layer

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which protects Earth from harmful

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ultraviolet radiation NPP will also have

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an instrument that will focus on energy

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reflecting back from the clouds and

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assistance the data from this instrument

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will help understand the changes in

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climate over time that is a broad suite

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of observations and because oceans land

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atmosphere living organisms are all

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connected if one changes it would affect

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the other elements in their system

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exactly and by making these individual

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measurements were one step closer to

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understanding the big picture let's be

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clear that NPP can't do it all NPP is

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more focused on the here and now while

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users like NASA NOAA and others will use

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complex computer models to predict

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tomorrow's weather for the course of

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climate change so mkp has two specific

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goals one is deliver data for weather

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forecasting the other is to add new and

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better measurements to the decades of

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existing data set which makes an PP the

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nation's first attempt to combine

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weather monitoring and climate observing

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on the same platform helping scientists