Repository details

POES Space Environment Monitor

Name of repository
POES Space Environment Monitor
Additional name(s)
  • Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
  • POES/MetOp SEM
Repository URL
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/satellite/poes/index.html
Subject(s)
Description
The POES satellite system offers the advantage of daily global coverage, by making nearly polar orbits 14 times per day approximately 520 miles above the surface of the Earth. The Earth's rotation allows the satellite to see a different view with each orbit, and each satellite provides two complete views of weather around the world each day. NOAA partners with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) to constantly operate two polar-orbiting satellites – one POES and one European polar-orbiting satellite called Metop. NOAA's Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) carry a suite of instruments that measure the flux of energetic ions and electrons at the altitude of the satellite. This environment varies as a result of solar and geomagnetic activity. Beginning with the NOAA-15 satellite, an upgraded version of the Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2) has been flown.
Contact(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/satellite/poes/productinfo.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (3)

Institution
National Centers for Environmental Information
Additional name(s)
  • NCEI
Institution
  • other:ROR.04r0wrp59
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
Additional name(s)
  • NESDIS
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Additional name(s)
  • NOAA
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
Disclaimer

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • other

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Public Domain

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
unknown

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
FTP
Url
ftp://satdat.ngdc.noaa.gov/sem/poes/

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
FGDC/CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)

Remarks

Entry date
2016-04-06
Last update
2022-01-05
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re3data.org: POES Space Environment Monitor; editing status 2022-01-05; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3BP8T last accessed: 2025-06-16