摘要: The sections in this article are 1 Development of Meteorological Satellites 2 The AVHRR 3 Data Ingest, Processing, and Distribution 4 NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) 5 National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite (NPOESS) 6 NASA's MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 7 The Geostationary Observing Environmental (GOES) 8 Development Earth Resources Technology Satellites 9 The French Spot Satellites 10 Summary