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    term: Suomi NPP
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    term: Suomi_NPP
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description: 'In January 2012, NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite, namely NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project) launched on October 28, 2011, to Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership). This is in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin, who is recognized widely as "the father of satellite meteorology." The announcement was made on January 24, 2012 at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans, Louisiana.'
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    description_attribution: Broad-band radiometer
    identifier: cloud-and-the-earths-radiant-energy-system
    name: Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
    uri: /instrument/cloud-and-the-earths-radiant-energy-system
  - description: Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer
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    identifier: advanced-technology-microwave-sounder
    name: Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
    uri: /instrument/advanced-technology-microwave-sounder
  - description: Medium-resolution IR spectrometer
    description_attribution: Medium-resolution IR spectrometer
    identifier: cross-track-infrared-sounder
    name: Cross-track Infrared Sounder
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  - description: High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
    description_attribution: High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
    identifier: ozone-mapping-and-profiler-suite
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    uri: /instrument/ozone-mapping-and-profiler-suite
  - description: Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
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references: []
start_date: 2011-10-28T00:00:00
type: platform
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